Eyvind Earle
Eyvind Earle (born April 26, 1916 in New York City , † July 20, 2000 in Carmel-by-the-Sea , California ) was an American painter , author and illustrator . His work for Walt Disney in the 1950s is particularly well known .
In 1937 Eyvind Earle had his first exhibition in New York. Two years later, his pictures hung for the first time in the Metropolitan Museum of Art , today they can be seen there in a permanent exhibition, as well as in various other museums in the USA. There are also exhibitions of Eyvind Earl's works around the world, for example in 2008/08 in the "Kunsthalle München" and the "Münchner Stadtmuseum". His early works were kept in a realistic style. In the 1940s he also created more than 800 Christmas cards for the “American Artist Group”.
In 1951 he started working as a background painter at Walt Disney Studios . Although he was already involved in two full-length films and various short films with Peter Pan (1953) and Susi und Trolch (1955), today he is primarily known for Sleeping Beauty , one of "[...] the artistic highlights of animation film in the 20th . Century [...] ". In the months of work by Eyvind Earle, "[...] large, extremely detailed scenes were created, which were designed for a long distance in the landscape design and in which Disney saw its ideal of" living illustration "realized."
From 1966 Eyvind Earle returned to painting. In 1998 he was awarded the Winsor McCay Award of the Annie Awards . He died in California on July 20, 2000 at the age of 84.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Disney's wonderful world - Kunsthalle Munich
- ^ Munich City Museum
- ^ Munich City Museum
- ^ Munich City Museum
- ↑ Won film awards Eyvind Earles in the IMDb
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Earle, Eyvind |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American painter, author, and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 2000 |
| Place of death | Carmel-by-the-Sea , California |