Sii wad qodobkan - Bonestell wuxuu ku dhashay San Francisco, California. Sawirkiisii ugu horeeyay ee xiddigiska waxaa la sameeyay 1905. Ka dib markii uu Saturn ku arkay telescope-ka San Jose's Lick Observatory, wuxuu ku degdegay guriga si uu u sawiro waxa uu arkay. Sawirkii waxaa baabi'iyay dabkii ka dhashay dhulgariirkii 1906
Waxaad Intii u dhaxeysay 1915 iyo 1918, wuxuu soo bandhigay lithographs-ka bandhigyadii 4aad iyo 7aad ee sanadlaha ahaa ee California Society of Etchers (hadda California Society of Printmakers) ee San Francisco.