Mary Blair calendar from 1955

Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, February 25, 2008 12:10 PM | permalink

Mary Blair is one of my all-time favorite illustrators, so I'm happy that Dan Goodsell scanned a 1955 Meadow Gold calendar by Blair and put it on Flickr.

Mary Blair did a lot of work for Disney as a concept artist for animation and theme park attractions. Animation historian John Canemaker wrote a book about her in 2003, The Art And Flair Of Mary Blair.

By the way, Dan Goodsell is a fine illustartor in his own right, and is having an art opening, "Mr Toast and Friends Show" at Monkeyhouse Toys in Silverlake on March 1st. Link

Previously on Boing Boing:
• Mary Blair exhibition in San Francisco
• Papercraft iPod covers
• It's "Mary Blair Week" at the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive blog
• The art of Mary "Small World" Blair
• Mary Blair "Small World" designs

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#1 posted by Keri , February 25, 2008 2:49 PM

I just managed to snag this calendar off of eBay a couple of weeks ago. "Mary Blair" wasn't in the description at all, so I'm guessing the seller didn't realize.

It is, in fact, awesome.

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#2 posted by Real Life Pixel , February 25, 2008 5:49 PM

Looks like Dora the Explorer.

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#3 posted by TharkLord , February 25, 2008 11:20 PM

Hurry, hurry, quick like a bunny...

I saw the show of Mary Blair's art at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco last weekend. Its very beautiful.

It closes on March 18th.