The Art of Animation by Bob Thomas Jungle Cruise Disneyland

Born: Chicago, USA (1901)

Education: Chicago Academy of Fine Arts

Awards: 22 University Awards, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Congressional Gold Medal

"Animation offers a medium of storytelling and visual amusement which tin bring pleasance and data to people of all ages everywhere in the earth."

Curated by ane of the longest-operating and most reputable vintage animation art dealers in the globe, our Disney Vintage collection boasts original works from the films that fabricated history.

Inspiration

Since Steamboat Willie premiered at New York's Colony Theatre in 1928, the imagination of Disney has enthralled audiences beyond the globe. Breaking new ground for Hollywood – including the commencement blithe film with a synchronised soundtrack – Walt Disney created a whole new world of magic.

From original drawings to animation cels, hand-painted original backgrounds, model sheets and storyboards, our exclusive collection features the very best of Disney fine art. In a digital age, it is a rare insight into the behind-the-scenes workings of archetype films like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), which was the world's first full-length cel blithe characteristic film and won an honorary Academy Honour. Further titles include Cinderella (1950) and The Jungle Book (1967), which also included the genius of Walt Disney'due south personal involvement. Additionally, the collection includes hand-drawn imagery from more contemporary productions like The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Monsters, Inc. (2002) and Cars (2006).

Created by the artists who brought characters including Mickey Mouse, Peter Pan and Pinocchio to life, many feature mitt-written production notes, timing charts, production numbers and visible drawing alterations. Other highlights include gold seal Art Corner setups originally sold at Disneyland, likewise as original works from Courvoisier Gallery (1938-46), which was Disney's first fine art effort.

Making the pieces rarer still is the exceptional quality of the pick. But the most desirable illustrations are chosen; all of the characters have wonderful expressions and are oft presented in iconic and immediately recognisable scenes with other characters. The collection is curated by world-renowned art dealer Ari Goldman, who has sold fine art to the Disney Animation Research Library and advised Christie's and Sotheby's. He adds: "These original works are part of the very Dna responsible for the magic of Disney's global appeal. To me, it is among the virtually inexpensive and under-priced fine art available."

For more information on the different types of fine art, head over to our From the Studio page.

Inside the globe of Disney

It may seem hard to believe at present, merely when Disney first began making feature-length films in 1937, each movement had to be captured by an individual animation drawing and corresponding cel. When you lot consider that each frame represents 1/24th of a second on screen, this was no mean feat.

While recent live-activeness films like The Lion King are produced digitally, when Disney created its iconic movies, hundreds of animators worked together in one building to create the illusion of life through hand-painted cels. Here, we take yous through some of their tools.

Blitheness cel

Curt for 'celluloid', a cel is a transparent sheet which is painted or drawn onto. Laid over a static background, cels feature a black outline on the front end and colours on the back to ensure colour separation and definition. Advancements in calculator-generated imagery (CGI) have rendered cels archaic, with Disney abandoning the method in 1990.

Model sheet

Used to ensure continuity betwixt the many artists who collaborated on an individual film, model sheets – too known equally character boards – standardise the advent and poses of characters. As 'blueprints', they depict the grapheme's caput and trunk at different angles, basic facial expressions and detailed guidelines for their hands and feet.

Storyboard

A storyboard is a series of sketches which helps filmmakers to visualise a plot sequence past mapping out the story. Identifying inconsistencies or chances for farther evolution, the method is a useful tool for previewing a film before the cameras start rolling. The concept is credited to the animator Webb Smith, who developed the thought at the Walt Disney Studio in the early on 1930s. Storyboarding is all the same used in production today for both animated and live-action feature films.

Animation drawing

Animation drawings are accomplished in pencil on paper and are the first step in the final creation of characters. Each drawing will be traced onto the animation cel to form the black outline before it is filled with colour and photographed. Photographs of the cels are so run through the movie cameras, creating the illusion of life.

Courvoisier setup

Courvoisier setups were created between 1938 and 1946 in San Francisco and featured production backgrounds to complement the original animation cels. These included detailed watercolour backgrounds created by the Disney groundwork department and the use of new airbrushing techniques.

"I promise we never lose sight of ane matter – that it was all started by a mouse."

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Magazines and brochures

Fine Art Collector | Spring 2021

Showcasing the very best of our artworks, along with behind-the-scenes updates and interviews, the new issue of our Fine Art Collector magazine is a must-read!

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