Background
Calle was born on March 3, 1928, in the Manhattan borough of New York City and earned his undergraduate degree from Pratt Institute.
Calle was born on March 3, 1928, in the Manhattan borough of New York City and earned his undergraduate degree from Pratt Institute.
Pratt Institute.
The sole artist hired by National Aeronautics and Space Administration to cover the Apollo 11 astronauts up close, Calle designed the 10-cent stamp that commemorated the first manned moon landing. lieutenant depicted an astronaut stepping onto the moon from the lunar module, with the Earth visible over the moon"s horizon. Education and early career He served in the United States Army during the Korean War, doing illustration work.
Returning to the United States, Calle"s early career included designing magazine covers for The Saturday Evening Post as well as for a series of science fiction publications.
Work at National Aeronautics and Space Administration In 1962, Calle was among the first group selected to participate in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Art Program. His best-known stamp was designed to mark the first manned moon landing and was issued in September 1969, showing an astronaut stepping out onto the surface of the moon.
The Apollo 11 crew carried with them a die proof of Calle"s moon-landing stamp, which was hand canceled by the astronauts while on the mission. Calle had been given exclusive access to be with the astronauts on July 16, 1969, while they made their final preparations for the Apollo 11 mission.
The sketches he made based on his experiences that day have been displayed at the National Air and Space Museum and at the National Gallery of Artist
Works Health, later life, and death After doctors discovered that his melanoma had metastasized, he was placed on intravenous Ipilimumab, an experimental treatment being tested by Bristol-Myers Squibb that is meant to improve the response by the immune system to fight cancer. An initial course of treatment with the test drug combined with chemotherapy left no trace of the cancer in his body. A resident of Stamford, Connecticut, Calle died there at the age of 82 on December 30, 2010, of melanoma.