Articles on Animation &Bill Peckmann &UPA 24 May 2011 07:00 am
UPA mailer
- Bill Peckmann sent me this in case I hadn’t already posted it. In fact, I’ve never seen it before so it’s a bit of a treasure to me, a big fan of UPA. Here’s Bill’s note:
- This is a studio brochure/mailer* reprinted from American Artist Magazine Nov. 1955. I remember reading the article in high school, it had a huge impact. I remembered it for many years after because of the scarcity of animation articles at that time. And, because it appeared in an “art” magazine, it seemed to make “cartooning” legit.
Did Disney art ever appear in an “art” magazine around this time?
*This brochure was given to me by Ruth Mane (UPA Alumni) many, years ago.
And now, Bill’s passed it onto us. Many thanks, Bill.
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There’s no doubt this article followed up on the Museum of Modern Art‘s 1955 show of UPA art. Amid Amidi posted an extraordinary piece about this show on his Cartoon Modern site. By the way, this is an exquisite site. It’s just a shame that Amid let it lay after his promotion for his book Cartoon Modern. Take some time and browse around that site when you have some time.
A snap of one of the walls at the 1955 MoMA UPA Exhibit.
(from Amid Amidi’s site, Cartoon Modern.)
on 24 May 2011 at 9:43 am 1.Charles Kenny said …
I’d just like to say that that is a lovely cover. It emphasises the beauty that can be found in 35mm film itself as well as the content therein.