Articles on Animation &Bill Peckmann &Books 28 Feb 2013 04:08 am
Hardie Gramatky’s Art
- One of Disney’s early animators who left the studio before it went through its renaissance into the features, was Hardie Gramatky. He came to the studio from Chouinard and had been a brilliant watercolorist even when he entered the studio. While working at Disney by day, he continued to study art at Chouinard by night. After leaving Disney, he focused on his art acting as something of a force in developing the California School of Watercolor, At the same time he did children’s books to earn money. His great claim to fame was the famous children’s book, Little Toot, which, itself, was animated by the studio as part of the feature compilation, Melody Time. The short outlived the feature and has played often developing its own legacy.
Bill Peckmann had sent me this article from Watercolor Magazine, the Fall/2011 issue.
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Bill Peckmann also included clips from this Society of Illustrators, Benefit Centennial Auction, which included the following pieces by Gramatky;
Magazine cover
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To get an idea of scenes Gramatky animated at Disney’s here are links to some past drafts that I’ve posted:
Dognapper, The Whoopee Party, Mickey’s Good Deed, The Robber Kitten
The children’s book, Little Toot is large enough that it has its own website.
