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. Notably known is his work for Walt Disney in the 1950s.

In 1937, Eyvind Earle had his first exhibition in New York. Two years later, his pictures hung for the first time at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, today they are there to see in a permanent exhibition, as well as in various other museums in the United States. There is worldwide, exhibitions with works Eyvind Earl, so 2008/ 08 in the " Kunsthalle München" and " Munich City Museum ". His early works were held in the realist style. In the 1940s, he also created more than 800 Christmas cards for the "American Artist Group ".

In 1951 he began to work Studios as a background painter in the Walt Disney. Although he (1955 ) has been involved in two feature-length films and several short films with Peter Pan (1953) and Lady and the Tramp, he is known today primarily for Sleeping Beauty, a " [ ... ] the artistic highlights of the animated film in the 20. century [ ... ]. " In months of work Eyvind Earle " [ ... ] creating large, highly-detailed, and applied in the landscaping on expansive panoramic view screenshots in which Disney his ideal of " living illustration " saw realized. "

From the year 1966, Eyvind Earle devoted returned to painting. In 1998 he was awarded the Winsor McCay Award from the Annie Awards. He died on 20 July 2000 at the age of 84 years in California.

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