James Dean, Founding Director of NASA Art Program, Dies at 92

James Dean, Founding Director of NASA Art Program, Dies at 92

The New York Times-Science·2024-04-16 06:03

James Dean, a landscape painter who ran a NASA program that invited artists like Robert Rauschenberg, Norman Rockwell and Jamie Wyeth to document aspects of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo projects, died on March 22 in Washington. He was 92.

His son Steven confirmed the death, at an assisted living facility.

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