Born in Budapest, Hungary, Jonas moved to the United States at the age of 12 and went to work at his brothers" taxidermy studio, Jonas Brothers, in Denver, Company Later he moved to New York City, where studied under Carl Akeley, a noted field naturalist, taxidermist, and animal sculptor.
There, they created the African elephant group in the center of Akeley Hall at the American Museum of Natural History, in New New York Jonas opened Louis Paul Jonas Studios, Incorporated in Mahopac, New York, and eventually moved to Hudson, New New York The studio was known for its miniature and full size animal sculptures, taxidermy, and natural history exhibits featured in over 50 museums worldwide. The company created the first full sized dinosaur sculptures for the 1964 New York World"s Fair in the "Dinoland" area, which was sponsored by the Sinclair Oil Corporation.
Jonas consulted with noted paleontologists Barnum Brown, Edwin H. Colbert and John Ostrom in order to create sculptures that were as accurate as possible.
A Jonas Studios sculpture of a stegosaurus, "Steggie II", is located in front of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Uncle Beazley, a model of a triceratops originally created for The Enormous Egg television show in 1968, is on display at the National Zoo in Washington, District of Columbia
In 1983, the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, District of Columbia hosted an exhibition of 75 wildlife miniatures created by Jonas.
