Benjamin A. Resella Benjamin A. Resella was born in Manilla, Philippines, and became an art director and motion picture scenic artist. He learned the art of scenic design from his grandfather, painter Juan Henson Abelardo. Resella began apprenticing as a scenic artist at age 15 and developed particular expertise in More »
Art Rider Art Rider (Arthur Grover Rider) was born in Chicago in 1886 and became one of Hollywood’s most accomplished scenic artists, master colorists, and fine painters. He received his early formal training at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and completed a scenic art apprenticeship at Sosman & Landis, More »
William J. Smart William J. Smart began his career as a teenage “paint boy” before becoming a scenic artist at Sosman & Landis in Chicago, where he worked from approximately 1908 to 1921. During those formative years, he developed the perspective and drafting skills that would define his later career. More »
Duncan Alanson Spencer Duncan Alanson Spencer was noted as one of his generation’s most sought-after scenic artists. His thirty-eight-year career was distinguished by his mastery of drawing, perspective, color theory, and value. Gifted as an artist from childhood, Spencer fell behind in school after a two-year delay in his education More »
Ron Strang’s Early Life In 1952, after graduating from high school, Ron Strang became an apprentice at Warner Bros. Drafted into the Korean War, he served as an illustrator in the Eighth Army. Upon returning to Los Angeles in 1956, Strang rejoined Warner Bros. He refined his craft by working More »
Early Career at MGM Harry Tepker worked at MGM from 1949 to 1977. He succeeded George Gibson as Scenic Art Supervisor following Gibson’s retirement. Trained directly by Gibson, Tepker continued the scenic painting methods that helped define MGM’s visual style. Throughout his career, he also mentored assistants and younger scenic More »
Fred Tuch worked in Hollywood’s art departments for more than three decades, serving in a variety of creative roles that included painter, assistant art director, art director, illustrator, and production designer. His documented credits include The Robe (1953), Earthquake (1974), Avalanche Express (1979), Galactica 1980 (1980), and Blue Thunder (1983). More »