caption death_date death_place birth_place awards name field birth_date works image article_title birth_name alma_mater
mary blair by michael netzer 26 july 1978 soquel , california , u.s. mcalester , oklahoma , u.s. disney legend award winsor mccay award mary blair artist , animator , designer october 21 , 1911 '' '' song of the south '' '' cinderella '' '' alice make mine music '' '' so dear to my heart in '' '' the adventures of ichabod and mr. toad wonderland '' '' peter pan '' mary blair.jpg mary blair
 mary browne robinson san jose state university '' '' chouinard art institute
mary blair

mary blair -lrb- october 21 , 1911 -- july 26 , 1978 -rrb- , born mary robinson , was an american artist who was prominent in producing art and animation 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 rio del tiempo in the mexico pavilion in epcot 's world showcase , and an enormous mosaic inside disney 's contemporary resort .
several of her illustrated children 's books from the 1950s remain in print , such as `` i can fly '' by ruth krauss .
blair was inducted into the prestigious group of disney legends in 1991 .
