Artist:Alan Bean
Title:Hello Universe
Edition:: S/N Limited Edition Print 550 (countersigned by: Eugene A. Cernan Capt, USN and Edgar D. Mitchel Capt, USN
Image size: 29" x 16"
About the Artist: Alan Bean—Apollo XII astronaut, commander of Skylab II and artist—was born in

1932 in Wheeler, Texas. In 1950 he was selected for an NROTC scholarship at the

University of Texas at Austin. In 1955, he was commissioned an ensign in the

United States Navy. Holder of eleven world records in space and astronautics, as well as numerous

national and international honors, Alan Bean has had a most distinguished

peacetime career. His awards include two NASA Distinguished Service Medals, the

Yuri Gagarin Gold Medal and the Robert J. Collier Trophy. As part of the Apollo

XII crew, he became the fourth of only twelve men ever to walk on the Moon. As

the spacecraft commander of Skylab Mission II, he set a world record:

24,400,000 miles traveled during the 59-day flight. He has also launched

himself successfully into a new career as an artist. When he wasn’t flying, Bean always enjoyed painting as a hobby. Attending night

classes at St. Mary’s College in Maryland in 1962, Alan experimented with

landscapes. During training and between missions as a test pilot and astronaut,

he continued private art lessons. On space voyages, his artist’s eye and

talent enabled him to document impressions of the Moon and space to be

preserved later on canvas. His art reflects the attention to detail of the

aeronautical engineer, the respect for the unknown of the astronaut and the

unabashed appreciation of a skilled painter. The space program has seen unprecedented achievements and Bean realized that

most of those who participated actively in this adventure would be gone in

forty years. He knew that if any credible artistic impressions were to remain

for future generations, he must paint them now. “My decision to resign from

NASA in 1981 was based on the fact that I am fortunate enough to have seen

sights no other artist ever has,” Bean said, “and I hope to communicate these

experiences through art.”
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