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1911 McAlester, Oklahoma - 1978 Santa Cruz, California. Known for: Landscape, mural and figure painting, illustration.
Mary Robinson Blair (1911-1978). A painter and illustrator, Mary Blair became known for her design contributions to Walt Disney enterprises as well as for paintings of stylized children and scenes... Read full biography
Mary Robinson Blair (1911-1978). A painter and illustrator, Mary Blair became known for her design contributions to Walt Disney enterprises as well as for paintings of stylized children and scenes from Central and South America. She was born in McAlester, Oklahoma and moved to California at age... Read full biography
Mary Robinson Blair (1911-1978). A painter and illustrator, Mary Blair became known for her design contributions to Walt Disney enterprises as well as for paintings of stylized children and scenes from Central and South America. She was born in McAlester, Oklahoma and moved to California at age seven. She graduated from San Jose State College and then studied art at the Chouinard School and with Pruett Carter and Lawrence Murphy. From the 1930s, she worked in Los Angeles as a designer for... Read full biography
Mary Robinson Blair (1911-1978). A painter and illustrator, Mary Blair became known for her design contributions to Walt Disney enterprises as well as for paintings of stylized children and scenes from Central and South America. She was born in McAlester, Oklahoma and moved to California at age seven. She graduated from San Jose State College and then studied art at the Chouinard School and with Pruett Carter and Lawrence Murphy. From the 1930s, she worked in Los Angeles as a designer for animated films, primarily for Walt Disney Studios. She also created tile murals for Disneyland and designed several rides there including It's A Small World. This ride and theme were a response to Disney's commitment to participate in the 1964 World's... Read full biography
Mary Robinson Blair (1911-1978). A painter and illustrator, Mary Blair became known for her design contributions to Walt Disney enterprises as well as for paintings of stylized children and scenes from Central and South America. She was born in McAlester, Oklahoma and moved to California at age seven. She graduated from San Jose State College and then studied art at the Chouinard School and with Pruett Carter and Lawrence Murphy. From the 1930s, she worked in Los Angeles as a designer for animated films, primarily for Walt Disney Studios. She also created tile murals for Disneyland and designed several rides there including It's A Small World. This ride and theme were a response to Disney's commitment to participate in the 1964 World's Fair in New York City with four projects. This one was tied to a Pepsi-Cola contract to do something w... Read full biography
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Keywords (39)
Art Method
- •Animation, Animator
- •Art Design
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Gouache
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Children, Child Figure, Genre, Portrait
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •South America
Art Association
- •California Watercolor Society
Art Teacher
- •Lawrence Murphy
- •Pruett Carter
Art School
- •Chouinard Art Institute, CalArts, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Illustration Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
- •Walt Disney Studio Artist, Productions/Commissioned
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •New York World's Fair New York, 1964/1965
Exhibition of Art Association
- •California Watercolor Society-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago