The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon Robbins Dean
The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon Robbins Dean Journey to the moon on the Apollo 12 mission with Alan Bean, the fourth astronaut to walk on the lunar surface and the only artist to paint its beauty…
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The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon Robbins Dean
Journey to the moon on the Apollo 12 mission with Alan Bean, the fourth astronaut to walk on the lunar surface and the only artist to paint its beauty firsthandAs a boy, Alan wanted to fly planes. So he took an art class to learn patterns and forms. As a young navy pilot, Alan wished he could paint the view from the cockpit.
In 1969, Alan became the fourth man and first artist on the moon. But no class could prepare him for the beauty of the lunar surface some 240,000 miles from Earth. He took dozens of pictures, but none compared to what he saw through his artistic eyes.
When he returned to Earth, he began to paint what he saw. Alan's paintings allowed humanity to experience what it truly felt like to walk on the moon. Journalist and storyteller Dean Robbins's tale of this extraordinary astronaut is masterful, and artist Sean Rubin's illustrations are whimsical and
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