2007 Gold Medal Award

  The National Society of Arts and Letters is proud to announce that the Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in the arts has been presented to Robert T. McCall, the world’s preeminent space artist. For decades he has captured the excitement and wonder of space exploration through his visionary masterpieces.

McCall was one of the first artists to be invited into NASA’s fine arts program. Over the years he has documented such historical events as the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions. His multi-story murals in the National Air and Space Museum and his paintings for such films as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Star Trek: The Motion Picture are regarded as icons of the genre.

Two of the 21 U.S. postage stamps that McCall has designed over the years were cancelled on the moon.

McCall and his wife, Louise, who is also an artist, live in Arizona.

The Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement is the National Society of Arts and Letters’ highest honor.