About Eyvind Earle
Eyvind Earle was an American artist, author and illustrator, noted for his contribution to the background illustration and styling of Disney's animated films in the 1950s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rahr West Art Museum, Phoenix Art Museum and Arizona State University Art Museum have purchased Earle's works for their permanent collections. His works have also been shown in many one-man exhibitions throughout the world. He created over 800 designs between 1938 and 1995, and sold more than 300 million copies. It was during this trip that Earle held his first solo art show in Paris at the age of 14. Earle's first New York exhibition was at the Charles Morgan Galleries in 1937. In 1953 he created the look of Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, a short animated film which won an Academy Award and a Cannes Film Festival Award.
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