Awaking Beauty: The Art of Eyvind Earle
$299.99
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Born in New York City in 1916, Earle showed early talent, hosting his first solo exhibition at the age of fourteen. After traveling in Mexico and Europe as a teenager, he bicycled across the United States, painting watercolors to pay his way. In the late 1930s, he began designing Christmas cards—which have sold more than 300 million copies over the years—while continuing to exhibit his fine art.
Earle’s transformative moment, however, came in 1951, when he was hired at The Walt Disney Studios as a background painter. Again, he proved a quick study, lending his talents to the Academy Award-winning short Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, beloved full-length feature Sleeping Beauty, and many other time-honored Disney animated films.
After his tenure at Disney ended in 1958, Earle turned his attention to commercial animation and advertising, then returned ot fine art full-time in 1966. Here, in the last three decades of his life, Earle created an immense and impressively varied body of work. He became an expert at the silkscreen-printing process known as serigraphy, a painstaking art form that could require up to 200 individual screens. He also created dozens of graphic and arresting scratchboards—engravings carved into boards primed with white clay and black ink—for his autobiography, Horizon Bound on a Bicycle. In addition to his multimedia experiments, Earle painted dazzling oil works of the natural world, capturing the rolling hills, lacy and voluminous trees, and crashing blue waves of California in a nearly transcendental light. A moving and lyrical writer, he often accompanied his mesmerizing landscapes with equally meditative and intriguing poems.
After a long and esteemed career, Earle passed away in 2000 in Carmel-y-the-Sea, California, leaving behind a formidable legacy in animation and fine art. Today, his work is in the permanent collections of several prominent museums (including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York), while his memory continues to inspire new generations of aspiring creatives around the globe.
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Giuseppe –
El libro es precioso. Contempla diferentes estilos de su trabajo. Muy buena calidad de impresión. Un imprescindible!
Joao H B V Rocha –
Está hermoso, el envío súper bien! Me encantó, pensé que nunca lo iba a encontrar y me hizo muy feliz
Joseph T. –
If you are a lover of Eyvind Earle’s work, this is a great addition to your collection of art books. This concentrates on his early years and you get to see what made him such a success at Disney and what directions he chose to go in after his time there.
Kenna –
This man basically painted all of the movie Sleeping Beauty. Along with seeing his life as an amazing artist you see that movie brought to life. Definitely recommend.
Sabrina Almanza –
Conosco Eyvind Earle da tempo, ne ero rimasto affascinato da una pittura di un fondale usata per il film d’animazione “La Bella Addormentata” che vidi ad una mostra Disney a Roma. La perfezione di questo artista è una cosa straordinaria, il passaggio dai temi medievali, come appunto il bosco de La Bella Addormentata a quelli futuristici e astratti dei dipinti sui paesaggi americani è stupenda. Infatti è considerato uno dei maggiori artisti americani del novecento. Più volte sono stato tentato di comprare qualche serigrafia dei suoi dipinti ma non ci sono mai riuscito perché arrivano a prezzi molto alti. Si vi volete fare un’idea delle sue opere questo libro fa al caso vostro. Un bel formato, una bella stampa e un prezzo abbordabile lo rendono un must have per qualsiasi appassionato del genere. Assolutamente da avere!
Amazon Customer –
Nice book with a good collection of Eyvind Earle’s art and some of his poems. Absolutely in love with his art.
James Walsh –
A very reasonably priced book that gives a short story version of Eyvind Earles life. It also shows examples of his beautiful works that he produced throughout his lifetime. He is in my humble opinion, one of the worlds greatest artists. (which is why I own so many of his serigraphs!)
roger Keele –
Quite artfully done book with attractive photos and informative as well. Came in pristine condition!
Charb56 –
Everything was good. The book was in a very good condition and it came in the time that they established.
Mar Cerezuela –
Un incontournable pour tout fan d’Eyvind Earle il est magnifique !
Amazon Customer –
A beautiful companion book to the excellent Eyvind Earle exhibit at the Walt Disney Family Museum. The book shows Earles progression as an artist, from his early work, his magnificent Disney years, Christmas cards and stunning California landscapes. I highly recommend this book to lovers of Fine Art, Disney History, and the film Sleeping Beauty.
west maatita –
A great addition to my Disney art library. Eyvind Earle sits shoulder to shoulder with Mary Blair and Tom Oreb (waiting for a book about Tom’s art) as the finest of Disney’s mid-century artists. This book is essential.
tp –
In this increasingly visual digital age you’d think more emphasis would be placed in education on the history of illustration and design. This book is a great place to start with a familiar story and the work of a fabulous artist from the early years of Disney.