Jan Marinus Domela (August 22, 1894 in
The Hague
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– August 1, 1973 in
Santa Monica, California
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) was a
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-born American artist and illustrator.
''Johan Domela Nieuwenhuis'',
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/ref> also ''Jan Marinus Domela''[Belanger, p. 144] became interested in art while at boarding school in Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. While visiting his sister in California he studied at the Los Angeles School of Illustration and Painting and the Mark Hopkins Art Institute; back in the Netherlands in 1925, he attended the Rijksakademie
The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) was founded in 1870 in Amsterdam. It is a classical academy, a place where philosophers, academics and artists meet to test and exchange ideas and knowledge. The school support ...
in Amsterdam before completing his studies at the Académie Julian
The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number a ...
in Paris.
After returning to California in 1928 Dolema was made the chief matte painter at Paramount Studios
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, and was chief artist in the special effects department until 1968. Creating landscapes for most of the movies produced by Paramount for over thirty years, he received several Academy Awards
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for his work.
Domela was part of the production team who received an Academy Honorary Award
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at the 11th Academy Awards for their efforts on the Paramount film ''Spawn of the North
''Spawn of the North'' is a 1938 American adventure film about rival fishermen in Alaska starring George Raft and featuring Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff and John Barrymore. The picture was directed by Henry Hathaway and was an ...
''. Domela exhibited his own landscape painting
Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent compos ...
s of subjects such as the Monterey Peninsula
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History Monterey
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, the California Sierras, the Alps
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, and Monhegan Island
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, at venues including the Los Angeles County Museum.
Notes
References
* Belanger, Pamela J. Maine in America: American Art at the Farnsworth Art Museum. University Press of New England, 2000.
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1894 births
1973 deaths
20th-century American painters
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Dutch painters
Dutch male painters
Academy Honorary Award recipients
Dutch emigrants to the United States
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20th-century American male artists