Art Art &Illustration 10 Jun 2008 08:16 am
More McClaren’s Dwngs
- When I posted several of Norman McClaren‘s drawings, recently, it got a bit of attention. I received a number of comments and emails about the post, and I realized that fewer people have seen these drawings than I thought. Obviously, it means, to me, that I should post more of them.
McClaren was certainly a brilliant artist, and his experimentation and developments brought about a real maturation of the art form. I wonder how he would have dealt with the technology we’re using today. Remember, he realized that the soundtrack could be drawn and did his own exploration of this part of the process.
The book was published in 1975 by Tundra Books.
Because the one illustration which graces the book’s cover, was of such interest to those reading my piece, I’ll start with the rest of that page. It’s a series of sketches done for the film, “LÃ -haut sur ces montagnes” and was drawn in 1945.
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The two illustrations above are connected on the same page. I separated them .
The entire page is labelled: Sketches for the film, “LÃ -haut sur ces montagnes.”
“Interlocking faces”
“Untitled”
“Tesseractine House”
I’m fascinated that a number of his illustrations look not too unlike Steinberg’s work. It’s obvious he was an influence for a lot of animators in the late ’40′s.
“Four Dimensional Cars and Bicycles”
“Memory of A Mexican Beach”
“St. George and the Porcupine”
on 10 Jun 2008 at 1:16 pm 1.Emmett Goodman said …
As with the last post, these drawings are breathtaking. The last one is so unusual yet provocative. And it contrasts amazingly with the previous drawings. It says a lot about McLaren’s vision. He seemed to be going into all sorts of directions.
on 07 Aug 2008 at 2:44 pm 2.Philip Smith said …
Nice to see this. I’ve got a Norman McLaren “doggiewoggle” (or “doggiewoggie”) drawing from 1958 framed on my wall. One line, many dogs.