Bill Peckmann &Books &Disney &Illustration &Layout & Design &Models 17 Sep 2010 07:59 am
Horvath – 2
From 1934-1937, Ferdinand Horvath worked at the Disney Studios in numerous jobs doing everything from painting backgrounds and doing layouts to constructing three dimensional models to designing characters and gags for over fifty Silly Symphonies and Mickey Mouse shorts.
He was one of the famed illustrators, such as Albert Hurter or Gustaf Tenggren that Disney found in Europe and brought to America to inspire his staff artists.
Prior to working at Disney, Horvath worked at Paul Terry’s studio on the “Aesop’s Fables” series. Once he left Disney, he designed models and layouts for “Scrappy,” “Krazy Kat” on shorts for Columbia/Screen Gems. In 1940, he sculpted puppets for George Pal’s Puppetoons.
He was a versatile artist whose work was an inspiration for many Disney artists. The following booklet was published by Graphis Gallery and put together by Bruce Hamilton. The opening material explains itself.
Bill Peckmann sent me scans of these pages, and I thank him for keeping Horvath alive.
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One more post to come from this book. Next week will be Part 2 of Albert Hurter – He Drew As He Pleased, and Horvath will follow that.
Mixing them up.
on 17 Sep 2010 at 10:32 am 1.Roberto Naldi said …
Thank you so much for this wonderful material!
I’ve just noticed page 21 seems missing (it is not in any of the two posts).
on 17 Sep 2010 at 10:37 am 2.Michael said …
No pages are missisng. It’s just my numbering that skipped #21. It made it easier for me to keep track.
on 17 Sep 2010 at 11:21 am 3.Eric Noble said …
These are beautiful!!! So cartoony and full of personality. Now excuse me as I go pray to one day have as much talent as this man.
on 17 Sep 2010 at 3:11 pm 4.Joel Brinkerhoff said …
These are fantastic and to me more appealing than Albert Hurter whom I find very appealing. I happen to own Hurter’s rare “He Drew as He Pleased”, after scanning the entire book gotten through a library.
Thanks for posting these!
on 17 Sep 2010 at 4:57 pm 5.Casey said …
Thank you so much for sharing these. I hadn’t heard of Ferdinand Horvath before and now I’m so eager to find out more about him and see more of his beautiful illustrations and fantastic characters. I can’t wait till part 2. Oh and I just wanted to say thanks again for all the fantastic illustration posts over the last month and a half. I’ve loved each and everyone. I’ve just been a bit too busy lately to get a chance to say thanks. So here’s an extra big THANK YOU!
Checking your splog is really one of my high points every day! Can’t wait till tomorrow!
~ Casey
on 19 Sep 2010 at 1:08 pm 6.Eddie Fitzgerald said …
I have my own copy of this catalogue and it’s one of my most treasured posessions. My advice to young cartoonists is to laboriously copy many of the Horvaths you’ve posted here. It’s a way of entering Horvath into your hand’s memory.