Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Louis Paul Jonas (July 17, 1894 - February 16, 1971) was an American sculptor of wildlife and a taxidermist.Born in Budapest, Hungary, Jonas moved to the United States at the age of 14 and went to work at his brother's taxidermy studio in Denver, Colorado. Later he moved to New York City, where studied with Carl Akeley, a noted taxidermist and animal sculptor, and worked together to help create the African elephant group in the center of Akeley Hall at the American Museum of Natural History.Jonas founded Louis Paul Jonas Studios, Inc in Mahopac, New York, a company known for its large animal and dinosaur sculptures, museum dioramas, bronze sculptures and animal miniatures.The company created the nine fiberglass dinosaur sculptures at 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 at the time."@en }
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- Louis_Paul_Jonas abstract "Louis Paul Jonas (July 17, 1894 - February 16, 1971) was an American sculptor of wildlife and a taxidermist.Born in Budapest, Hungary, Jonas moved to the United States at the age of 14 and went to work at his brother's taxidermy studio in Denver, Colorado. Later he moved to New York City, where studied with Carl Akeley, a noted taxidermist and animal sculptor, and worked together to help create the African elephant group in the center of Akeley Hall at the American Museum of Natural History.Jonas founded Louis Paul Jonas Studios, Inc in Mahopac, New York, a company known for its large animal and dinosaur sculptures, museum dioramas, bronze sculptures and animal miniatures.The company created the nine fiberglass dinosaur sculptures at 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 at the time.".