- Paul Detlefsen
Paul Detlefsen (October 3, 1899 - August 1, 1986)imdb|0221897] was a commercial artist of the mid to late 20th century, associated with the "Hollywood scene".cite news| publisher=
TIME | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,859472,00.html| date=1951-12-17| title= Everyday Pictures for Millions] He is famous for his realistic depictions of serene, nostalgic scenes and the many forms of reproductions from his works.Fact|date=February 2008Biography
Paul Detlefsen was born in
Copenhagen, Denmark . He was the son of a medical doctor.Fact|date=February 2008 He studied at theSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago before moving to Hollywood to build his reputation as acartoonist .Fact|date=February 2008 After not succeeding as an animator,Fact|date=February 2008 he produced backdrops for films. He was nominated for the17th Academy Awards , along with coworkers John Crouse and Nathan Levinson, for their work on the 1944 filmThe Adventures of Mark Twain . [ [http://www.classicfilmguide.com/index.php?s=whats_new&item=23 17th Academy Award nominees at Classic Film Guide] ] The only other films Detlefsen is known to have worked on are "The Horn Blows at Midnight " (1945), "Escape in the Desert " (1945), and "Shadow of a Woman " (1946).A drop in movie sales prompted a shift in career into calendar artwork.Fact|date=February 2008 His art was
lithograph ed into calendars, reproductions, playing cards, jigsaw puzzles, and mats for tables. His first calendar, published in 1951, was "The Good Old Days", which focused on landscape art.In 1964, Paul and his wife, Shelly,Fact|date=February 2008 moved to
Encinitas, California where Paul continued paintingFact|date=February 2008 into the last few months of his life.References
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