Eyvind Earle

Eyvind Alversen Earle was an American artist, author, and illustrator, noted for his contribution to the background illustration and styling of Disney animated films in the 1950s. Earle was inducted as a Disney Legend in 2015.
Hired by Disney Studio in 1951 as an assistant background painter, Earle contributed to many productions, including For Whom the Bulls Toil, Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, Peter Pan, Working for Peanuts, Pigs is Pigs, Paul Bunyan, and Lady and the Tramp. In particular, he is best known, and his work most visible, for providing the overall art direction (styling, backgrounds, and colors) for Sleeping Beauty.
==Early career==
Earle's first exhibition was at the Charles Morgan Galleries in New York in 1937. In 1939, the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased one of his works. His work at this time was realistic painting. In the 1940s, he painted more than 800 Christmas card designs for the American Artist Group.
==Legacy==
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rahr West Art Museum, Phoenix Art Museum, and Arizona State University Art Museum have purchased Earle's works for their permanent collections. His works have also been shown in many one-man exhibitions throughout the world.
Earle's work and distinct graphic styling have continued to inspire new generations of artists and animators, serving to influence the look of other animated films. These have included the Disney feature films Pocahontas and Frozen, as well as the non-Disney animated feature Open Season by Sony Pictures.
Earle was inducted, posthumously, as a Disney Legend at the 2015 D23 Expo.https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/eyvind-earle/https://d23.com/announcing-the-2015-disney-legends/ Earle's daughter, Kristin Thompson, accepted the honor on her father's behalf.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmzcxK9TNnc
In May 2017 until January 2018, The Walt Disney Family Museum presented the original retrospective exhibition: Awaking Beauty: The Art of Eyvind Earle.https://waltdisney.org/exhibitions/awaking-beauty-art-eyvind-earle An official hardcover catalog book with the same title [ISBN 978-1681882710] was produced to accompany the exhibition.
==Filmography==
Year 	Film 	Position
1951 	Alice in Wonderland 	Background artist (uncredited)
1953 	Peter Pan 	Background artist
1953 	For Whom the Bulls Toil 	Background artist
1953 	Melody 	Color stylist
1953 	Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom	Color stylist
1953 	Working for Peanuts 	Background artist
1954 	Pigs Is Pigs 	Background artist
1954 	Grand Canyonscope 	Background artist
1955 	Lady and the Tramp 	Background artist
1955-1963	The Magical World of Disney 	Background artistStyling
1956 	Jack and Old Mac 	Color stylist
1957 	The Truth About Mother Goose 	Background artist
1958 	Paul Bunyan 	Color stylist
1959 	Sleeping Beauty 	Color stylistConcept artist
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
EyvindEarleStepbyStep.jpg|Painting a tree steps
EyvindEarleStepbyStep2.jpg|Painting a forest steps
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SleepingBeauty (2).jpg
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SleepingBeauty (32).jpg
SleepingBeauty (39).jpg|Early concept art of Woodcutters Cottage
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===Miscellaneous===
Eyvind earle 3.jpg|Eyvind Earle in front of his artwork for Paul Bunyan.
File:SleepingBeauty1959ProductionPhoto19.jpg|Earle working on the background paintings for Sleeping Beauty.
SleepingBeauty1959BehindTheScenesPhoto2.jpg|Earle hanging his artwork on the wall.
File:SleepingBeauty1959ProductionPhoto9.jpg|Earle with McLaren Stewart and Walt Disney during a Saturday Evening Post photoshoot, c. fall 1956.
File:SleepingBeauty1959BehindTheScenesPhoto20.jpg|Earle showing his artwork for Sleeping Beauty to Frank Morris of the Winnipeg Free Press.
Sleeping beauty session.png|Al Dempster, Dick Anthony, Ralph Hulett, and Eyvind Earle.
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Eyvind Earle.jpg|Earle in Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Sleeping Beauty.
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