1975 "Delphinium" by Eyvind Earle Serigraph on Paper, Signed and Numbered, Framed

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"Delphinium" by Eyvind Earle. Limited edition serigraph on paper, 1975. Signed and numbered (61/250). Single estate, purchased from Circle Gallery, … more "Delphinium" by Eyvind Earle. Limited edition serigraph on paper, 1975. Signed and numbered (61/250). Single estate, purchased from Circle Gallery, Ltd., Chicago.

Brushed and polished metal frame. Reflective glass.

Image dimensions: 37.5" H x 26.75" W.
Frame Dimensions: 46” H x 35.5” W x 1.63” D.

Eyvind Earle (1916 - 2000) 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.

Earle's first New York exhibition was at the Charles Morgan Galleries in 1937. In a 1939 exhibition, the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased one of his works for its permanent collection. His work at this time was realistic painting.

In 1951, he joined Walt Disney Productions as an assistant background painter and received credit for the experimental background painting in the Goofy short, For Whom the Bulls Toil. He was later responsible for the styling, background and colors for Disney's highly acclaimed animated feature film Sleeping Beauty.

In addition to his watercolors, oils, sculptures, drawings and scratchboards, he began making limited edition serigraphs in 1974. Eyvind Earle had a totally original perception of landscape. He successfully synthesizes seemingly incongruent aspects into a singularly distinctive style: a style, which is at once mysterious, primitive, disciplined, moody and nostalgic. He captures the grandeur of simplicity of the American countryside, and represents these glimpses of the American scene with a direct lyric ardor. His landscapes are remarkable for their suggestion of distances, landmasses and weather moods.

“For 70 years,” Earle wrote in 1996, “I’ve painted paintings, and I’m constantly and everlastingly overwhelmed at the stupendous infinity of Nature. Wherever I turn and look, there I see creation. Art is creating…Art is the search for truth.”

Earle was critically acclaimed by such publications as Time, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The New York World-Telegram, The Art News and The New York Sun.

In 1998, Earle was honored at the 26th Annie Awards with the Winsor McCay Award for a lifetime achievement in the art of animation. less