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Mary Blair: The Modern Artist Behind Walt Disney’s Magic
Inside the 2022 Wallace Collection’s magical exhibition, Inspiring Walt Disney, was an entire wall of intricate, hand-drawn illustrations from the 1950 animated film, Cinderella.
Across a sequence of 24 images, the heroine’s torn rags are transformed into a beautiful ball gown by her wand-waving Fairy Godmother. These drawings pointed to the remarkable talent of Mary Blair (1911-1978) who, although initially disinterested in working as a concept artist, came to redefine the look of Walt Disney’s films forever.
Born in Oklahoma in 1911, Blair spent her earliest years defacing schoolbooks with sketches.
At the age of 20, she earned a scholarship to study at the Chouinard School of Art in Los Angeles from 1931-1933, where she specialized in watercolor painting. Joining the prestigious California Watercolor Society, she was soon exhibiting at the Los Angeles Museum, San Francisco World Fair, and Chicago Art Institute, am