Artnet news: Mary Blair - The Little House Original Concept Art Gouache on 10" x 9" Board (Walt Disney, 1952).
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Mary Blair
Mary Blair was an American artist, illustrator, animation concept artist, colorist, designer and writer. She was prominent in producing art for The Walt Disney Company, drawing concept art for such films as Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Song of the South and Cinderella. Blair also created character designs for enduring attractions such as Disneyland's It's a Small World, the fiesta scene in El R…
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culture · American artist, animator, and designer · illustrator · painter · concept artist · also Mary Blair, Mary Robinson Blair, Mary Browne Robinson, Mary Robinson, Blair
Born 21 October 1911 · Died 26 July 1978 · Q231082
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2025· 1 entry
Artnet news: Mary Blair Alice in Wonderland Concept Painting (Walt Disney, 1951)
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2024· 1 entry
Orange County Register: Disney legend Mary Blair celebrated at free event Wednesday
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2022· 1 entry
A mural of Blair was unveiled in her hometown of McAlester, Oklahoma
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded Winsor McCay Award (1996).
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded Disney Legends (1991).
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1987· 1 entry
With the opening of Star Tours, while the other remained in place until 1998 when the Circle-Vision 360° was replaced by Rocket Rods and a new mural was designed to reflect the new theme
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1978· 1 entry
Died 1978-07-26.
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1968· 1 entry
Blair was credited as color designer on the film adaptation of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
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1967· 1 entry
Blair created mural art for the Tomorrowland Promenade
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1943· 1 entry
And would continue to work on animated films for Disney for a full decade
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1941· 1 entry
Feeling artistically restrained and unsatisfied with the work given to her
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1940· 1 entry
And worked briefly on art for Dumbo, an early version of Lady and the Tramp, and "Baby Ballet," a segment for an proposed sequel to Fantasia
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1934· 1 entry
Shortly after college, she married another artist, Lee Everett Blair (October 1, 1911 – April 19, 1993)
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1933· 1 entry
Studied at Chouinard Art Institute (1931–1933).
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1911· 2 entries
In McAlester, Oklahoma, Mary Browne Robinson moved to Texas while still a small child, and later to the city of Morgan Hill, California, in the early 1920s
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Born 1911-10-21.
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