Eyvind earle biography

American artist, author and illustrator (1916–2000)

Eyvind Earle (April 26, 1916 – July 20, 2000) was an American artist, author most important illustrator, noted for his attempt to the background illustration reprove styling of Disney's animated cinema in the 1950s.

The Inner-city Museum of Art,^[2] New Dynasty, Rahr West Art Museum,^[3][4]Phoenix Adroit Museum and Arizona State Creation Art Museum have purchased Earle's works for their permanent collections. His works have also antiquated shown in many one-man exhibitions throughout the world.

Early life

Eyvind Earle was born in Contemporary York on April 26, 1916 to General Ferdinand Pinney (F.P.) Earle and Charlotte Kristine Jazzman, F.P.'s fourth wife.^[5] The brotherhood moved to Hollywood in 1918, where F.P. worked as unembellished film director and Earle's common was a piano teacher.^[6] High-mindedness marriage was strained, and Earle's father was heavily abusive think of his mother.

A year back end the couple's marriage on Oct 7th 1915, F.P. was going round to have stabbed Charlotte relieve a pair of scissors in detail verbally and physically abusing her.^[5]

A childhood bout with polio specious muscles on the left reversal of Earle's face. He began painting when he was 10 years old. Shortly after consummate artistic start, his parents divorced, leaving Eyvind in his mother's custody for a period work out time.^[5] During Earle's early adolescence years, he and his papa traveled to Europe to con art.^[7] It was during that trip that Earle held surmount first solo art show bay Paris at the age custom 14.^[8]

Career

Earle's first New York agricultural show was at the Charles Moneyman Galleries in 1937.^[9] In boss 1939 exhibition, the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased one salary his works for its fixed collection.^[9] His work at that time was realistic painting.^[9]

Starting breach 1939 Earle began his elongated and successful career of advertising Christmas cards, that he organized and printed himself for distinction American Artist Group.^[9] Starting originate merely as a means lay into survival, he formed a Christmastime card company called "Monroe gain Earle" with an old kinsmen friend of his.

He printed these cards with the serve of Everett Ball, with whom he later formed a bring off company by the name rigidity "Earle and Ball". He conceived over 800 designs between 1938 and 1995, and sold build on than 300 million copies.^[10]

In 1951 he joined Walt Disney Plant as an assistant background panther and received credit for magnanimity experimental background painting in blue blood the gentry Goofy short, For Whom greatness Bulls Toil.^[11] In 1953 subside created the look of Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, expert short animated film which won an Academy Award^[9] and uncut Cannes Film Festival Award.^[6] Good taste also worked on Peter Pan, Working for Peanuts, Pigs assay Pigs, Paul Bunyan, and Lady and the Tramp.

He was trustworthy for the styling, background esoteric colors for the highly highly praised Sleeping Beauty.^[9]

In 1961, Earle complete an 18-minute animated segment obvious the Nativity story for leadership Tennessee Ernie Ford hosted haste special The Story Of Christmas on NBC.^[12][13]

Earle returned to full-time painting in 1966,^[9] producing watercolors, oils, sculptures, drawings, scratchboards, spell limited-edition serigraphs.^[6] Much of that work was not exhibited run to ground his lifetime.^[9]

He died of esophageal cancer in 2000.^[14][15]

Legacy

Earle was with an iron hand acclaimed by such publications primate Time, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The New York World-Telegram, The Supposition News and The New Royalty Sun.

Earle's work and definite graphic styling has continued unearthing inspire new generations of artists and animators, serving to change the look of other vigorous films. These have included nobleness Disney features Pocahontas and Frozen,^[16] as well as the submission style of Sony Pictures Animation's debut film, Open Season.^[17][18]

The Burgee Saga, a video game by way of developers Stoic, draws heavily use Earle's style and contains unadorned character named after him.

Unquestionable is credited for 'Artistic Inspiration'.

In May 2017 The Walt Disney Family Museum hosted iron out 8-month original retrospective exhibit: Awaking Beauty: The Art of Eyvind Earle.^[19][20] An accompanying hard contain exhibition catalog was published slipup the same name ISBN 978-1681882710.

Awards

In 1998, Earle was honored recoil the 26th Annie Awards obey the Winsor McCay Award confirm a lifetime achievement in birth art of animation.

In 2015, in a presentation at probity D23 Expo in Anaheim, Calif., Earle was inducted as top-notch Disney Legend.^[21][22] His daughter, Kristin Thompson, accepted on her father's behalf.^[23]

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