Mary Blair's Ideas
Mary Blair
Mary Robson was born in Oklahoma in 1911, but was in California that Mary's artistic ambitions became clear. Mary Blair earliest work are characterized by broad brush strokes, strong colours and bold, bright scenes.
Despite her and her husband (Lee Blair) ambition to become fine artists, the Great Depression led her husband to look for commercial work which brought both to work for Walt Disney. As a sketch in conceptual art, Mary produced art for a number of films that were never made. Feeling that she was only coloring somebody else's artwork she quit her job. At the same time an event that would redefine her career was in development. Walt Disney received a contract from USA government to tour South America and to produce …show more content…
In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the group set up a studio in a hotel room, while Mary and Lee were to explore the city, painting the city and atmosphere. The artists also took part in music and dance. they traveled to Buenos in Argentina, where a change in her work became increasingly apparent.
"She always have been following other people footsteps, and she can draw and paint like anybody else. But she wasn't expressing herself and down there looking at something very like to trying to find the real honest roots of a civilization or people their beliefs. I think Mary picked up some of that like down there, something very simple and dragged sharply into focus." Walt Disney, South of the Border, 1944.
Blair had maintained a realistic style in the 1930s, but some modern abstract elements were apparent even then. Her simplified forms and shapes as well as her bold use of colours. Mary Blair, Self- portrait, …show more content…
Mary Blair, 1941.
The following scene in Saludos Amigos was inspired by the above sketch by Mary Blair.
Saludos Amigos, 1942.
As the studio began to produce The Three Caballeros, Mary's collections of artwork continued to shine brighter. The movies was one of the first ever hybrid films which included live-action characters and animation together. As a result of a complex filmmaking, some parts of the movie were composed simply by collage of artwork. A number of Mary's artwork were produced just with this propose, as seen below.
The image below represents Mexican Christmas traditions. Mary Blair, 1941.
Many believe that her freedom as an artist came clear during a scene in which, Donald Duck and Joe Carioca head over to Bahia in the north of Brazil in a train.
It is referred simply as The Little Mary Blair Train. Her designs were beautifully translated into a full animated film format.
"Only on the little train sequence that I feel it was my truly artwork and style".
Mary Blair, South of the Border,
Mary Robson was born in Oklahoma in 1911, but was in California that Mary's artistic ambitions became clear. Mary Blair earliest work are characterized by broad brush strokes, strong colours and bold, bright scenes.
Despite her and her husband (Lee Blair) ambition to become fine artists, the Great Depression led her husband to look for commercial work which brought both to work for Walt Disney. As a sketch in conceptual art, Mary produced art for a number of films that were never made. Feeling that she was only coloring somebody else's artwork she quit her job. At the same time an event that would redefine her career was in development. Walt Disney received a contract from USA government to tour South America and to produce …show more content…
In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the group set up a studio in a hotel room, while Mary and Lee were to explore the city, painting the city and atmosphere. The artists also took part in music and dance. they traveled to Buenos in Argentina, where a change in her work became increasingly apparent.
"She always have been following other people footsteps, and she can draw and paint like anybody else. But she wasn't expressing herself and down there looking at something very like to trying to find the real honest roots of a civilization or people their beliefs. I think Mary picked up some of that like down there, something very simple and dragged sharply into focus." Walt Disney, South of the Border, 1944.
Blair had maintained a realistic style in the 1930s, but some modern abstract elements were apparent even then. Her simplified forms and shapes as well as her bold use of colours. Mary Blair, Self- portrait, …show more content…
Mary Blair, 1941.
The following scene in Saludos Amigos was inspired by the above sketch by Mary Blair.
Saludos Amigos, 1942.
As the studio began to produce The Three Caballeros, Mary's collections of artwork continued to shine brighter. The movies was one of the first ever hybrid films which included live-action characters and animation together. As a result of a complex filmmaking, some parts of the movie were composed simply by collage of artwork. A number of Mary's artwork were produced just with this propose, as seen below.
The image below represents Mexican Christmas traditions. Mary Blair, 1941.
Many believe that her freedom as an artist came clear during a scene in which, Donald Duck and Joe Carioca head over to Bahia in the north of Brazil in a train.
It is referred simply as The Little Mary Blair Train. Her designs were beautifully translated into a full animated film format.
"Only on the little train sequence that I feel it was my truly artwork and style".
Mary Blair, South of the Border,