Louis Paul Jonas

Louis Paul Jonas (July 17, 1894 – February 16, 1971)[1] was an American sculptor of wildlife, taxidermist, and natural history exhibit designer.

The studio was known for its miniature and full size animal sculptures, taxidermy, and natural history exhibits featured in over 50 museums worldwide.

[4] The company created the first full sized dinosaur sculptures for the 1964 New York World's Fair in the "Dinoland" area,[5][6][7] which was sponsored by the Sinclair Oil Corporation.

[8] Jonas consulted with noted paleontologists Barnum Brown, Edwin H. Colbert and John Ostrom in order to create sculptures that were as accurate as possible.

After the Fair closed, the dinosaur models toured the country on special flatbed trailers as part of a company advertising campaign.

African elephants in the Akeley Hall of the American Museum of Natural History
Stegosaurus from the 1964 World's Fair at the Quarry Visitor Center in Dinosaur National Monument
" Steggie I " at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in 1969, he has since been moved to the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Children playing on the Uncle Beazley sculpture on the National Mall in front of the National Museum of Natural History between 1980 and 1994