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1911 Los Angeles, California - 1993. Known for: Genre, landscape, still life.
Born in Los Angeles, Lee Blair became a recognized fine artist and also an industry leader in animation and film production. He studied at the Chouinard Art Institute with Pruett Carter, Edward... Read full biography
Born in Los Angeles, Lee Blair became a recognized fine artist and also an industry leader in animation and film production. He studied at the Chouinard Art Institute with Pruett Carter, Edward Adams, and Lawrence Murphy, the latter whom he credited with influencing him the most with life drawing... Read full biography
Born in Los Angeles, Lee Blair became a recognized fine artist and also an industry leader in animation and film production. He studied at the Chouinard Art Institute with Pruett Carter, Edward Adams, and Lawrence Murphy, the latter whom he credited with influencing him the most with life drawing classes. In 1931, he joined the California Watercolor Society, which he served two terms as President beginning when he was age 23. At the 1932 Olympic Games, he won a gold medal in the International... Read full biography
Born in Los Angeles, Lee Blair became a recognized fine artist and also an industry leader in animation and film production. He studied at the Chouinard Art Institute with Pruett Carter, Edward Adams, and Lawrence Murphy, the latter whom he credited with influencing him the most with life drawing classes. In 1931, he joined the California Watercolor Society, which he served two terms as President beginning when he was age 23. At the 1932 Olympic Games, he won a gold medal in the International Art Competition. In 1934, he married Mary Robinson, also a student at Chouinard and a member of the California Water Color Society. He worked at the animation studio of U.B. Iwerk and designed "Flip the Frog" cartoons. He taught life drawing at Disney... Read full biography
Born in Los Angeles, Lee Blair became a recognized fine artist and also an industry leader in animation and film production. He studied at the Chouinard Art Institute with Pruett Carter, Edward Adams, and Lawrence Murphy, the latter whom he credited with influencing him the most with life drawing classes. In 1931, he joined the California Watercolor Society, which he served two terms as President beginning when he was age 23. At the 1932 Olympic Games, he won a gold medal in the International Art Competition. In 1934, he married Mary Robinson, also a student at Chouinard and a member of the California Water Color Society. He worked at the animation studio of U.B. Iwerk and designed "Flip the Frog" cartoons. He taught life drawing at Disney Studies and was Director of Color and Animation there, working on both Pinocchio and Bambi... Read full biography
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Keywords (36)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •California Style
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
- •Skyscape, Clouds and/or Storms
- •Social Realism
- •Sports Figures, Athletes, Genre, Events
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •California Watercolor Society
Art Teacher
- •Millard Sheets
Art School
- •Chouinard Art Institute, CalArts, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
- •Walt Disney Studio Artist, Productions/Commissioned
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939, 1940
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
- •California Watercolor Society-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts