Mentor Huebner Obit (fwd)

[Alan Sondheim]

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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 03:25:41 -0400
From: Ian S. Murray <ISMu...@compuserve.com>
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Subject: Mentor Huebner Obit

Mentor Huebner

My husband, Mentor Huebner, died March 19. He was an artist. A Post
Impressionist Painter. He was a Motion Picture Production Illustrator,
Designer, Conceptual Artist, "Ghost Designer," Choreographer of
Complicated Film Sequences, Conceptual Story Board Artist. He worked on
250 Feature Films, helped to design 10 Theme Parks (Warner's Theme Park
in Australia he was the only Artist), and he had 50 One Man Solo Art
Exhibits of his work. The Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC, and the
Museum of Modern
Art, New York City, each featured his work in traveling national exhibits
(three years each), the Native Sons of the Golden West Museum had an
exhibit
for five years, daily. He has received numerous awards and citations for
his
contribution to World-Art. The City of Los Angeles Council adjourned in
his honor to commemorate his death. He is considered to be a genius and
an Icon in the industry and known to be the last Post Impressionist Painter
of the 20th Century.

Some of his films range from Ben Hur to Blade Runner, from A Star is
Born to The Planet of the Apes...

He designed all the vehicles in The Great race, the entire City in Blade

Runner; the now very famous Crop Plane chase of Cary Grant in North By
Northwest...

He is Cofounder of a group for the advancement of culture in Los
Angeles: The Mount Washington Poets and Artists Back Yard Conservancy.

A scholarship in his memory has been established to help less fortunate
artists, "The Mentor Huebner Memorial Art Awards"

Mentor has followers around the world.

Sort of a cult following.

Thank you.

Louise Huebner