Mary Blair the Legend
(Mary Blair, Concept of Alice Looking at the Rabbit’s house ,ca 1951, gouache, 10.94 x11x0.06 in(27.94 x0.16cm)
Mary Blair was born Oklahoma and moved out to San Jose when She was 7, and won a scholarship to Chouinard Art institute in Los Angeles, where she graduated from Chouinard in 1933.She met her husband Lee(Les). E Blair there. Mary and Les made a great team at their stay at Disney. Mary was heavily influenced by the vibrant colors and strong geometric shapes of South America. She also had a flair for simplicity and creating mood. This childlike quality of simplicity and composition of color really caught Disney’s eye. In the concept of Alice in Wonderland (and many other Disney films of the 1950’s), we can see …show more content…
There wasn’t a lot of work to be had during the Depression. Mary soon found it frustrating producing other people’s artwork and soon quit. Les stayed on with Disney. In 1941, Disney was asked to make films by the US government as a goodwill ambassador to South America. Les was part of the team but Mary wanted to tag along. The team of animators travelled to Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile and Mexico. During her stay Mary was immersed in a place of simplicity(in rural farms,absent of cars and bustle) and vibrant colors. Many of the buildings, and architecture of South America was geometric and condensed. Mary had a flair to extenuate colors and block shapes. What transformed her work was the vibrancy of all her colors. Before her art was more in earthy, natural colors. She painted landscapes, buildings strong realistic structures, but now her work was more free flowing, childlike ( in that there lacked a 3-d form and focused more on color than actual form of the object)and free. Mary had finally found a niche. She found and created something that was truly her own. With this new gift Mary would transform …show more content…
However, when it came to be producing more movies with her influences it was hard to follow her exact style by the other animators. So, Walt used Mary to influence the concepts of most of the films in the 1950’s such as Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Song of the South and Lady and the Tramp. However, her biggest contribution was designing the theme park ride, It’s A Small World. The whole ride is designed completely by Blair.This ride is a true cultivation of her work. A Small World gathers many monuments around the world, and downsizes them to a myriad of vibrant, geometric -block, childlike simplistic ride that is a joy for the eye to see. She transforms the ride in a close unified wonderland. Through all these contributions Blair’s work has stood the test of time because of her highly unique style, she transcends the Disney of the Golden age. And all her influences can be seen in timeless classics like the . Lest we forget, one of greatest contributions the Small World Theme ride, all this has allowed her to stand the test of time. Time has made her a
(Mary Blair, Concept of Alice Looking at the Rabbit’s house ,ca 1951, gouache, 10.94 x11x0.06 in(27.94 x0.16cm)
Mary Blair was born Oklahoma and moved out to San Jose when She was 7, and won a scholarship to Chouinard Art institute in Los Angeles, where she graduated from Chouinard in 1933.She met her husband Lee(Les). E Blair there. Mary and Les made a great team at their stay at Disney. Mary was heavily influenced by the vibrant colors and strong geometric shapes of South America. She also had a flair for simplicity and creating mood. This childlike quality of simplicity and composition of color really caught Disney’s eye. In the concept of Alice in Wonderland (and many other Disney films of the 1950’s), we can see …show more content…
There wasn’t a lot of work to be had during the Depression. Mary soon found it frustrating producing other people’s artwork and soon quit. Les stayed on with Disney. In 1941, Disney was asked to make films by the US government as a goodwill ambassador to South America. Les was part of the team but Mary wanted to tag along. The team of animators travelled to Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile and Mexico. During her stay Mary was immersed in a place of simplicity(in rural farms,absent of cars and bustle) and vibrant colors. Many of the buildings, and architecture of South America was geometric and condensed. Mary had a flair to extenuate colors and block shapes. What transformed her work was the vibrancy of all her colors. Before her art was more in earthy, natural colors. She painted landscapes, buildings strong realistic structures, but now her work was more free flowing, childlike ( in that there lacked a 3-d form and focused more on color than actual form of the object)and free. Mary had finally found a niche. She found and created something that was truly her own. With this new gift Mary would transform …show more content…
However, when it came to be producing more movies with her influences it was hard to follow her exact style by the other animators. So, Walt used Mary to influence the concepts of most of the films in the 1950’s such as Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Song of the South and Lady and the Tramp. However, her biggest contribution was designing the theme park ride, It’s A Small World. The whole ride is designed completely by Blair.This ride is a true cultivation of her work. A Small World gathers many monuments around the world, and downsizes them to a myriad of vibrant, geometric -block, childlike simplistic ride that is a joy for the eye to see. She transforms the ride in a close unified wonderland. Through all these contributions Blair’s work has stood the test of time because of her highly unique style, she transcends the Disney of the Golden age. And all her influences can be seen in timeless classics like the . Lest we forget, one of greatest contributions the Small World Theme ride, all this has allowed her to stand the test of time. Time has made her a