(Walt Disney Studios, 1959) Original concept art by Eyvind Earle featuring Briar Rose in a colorful forest scene, showing the panoramic landscape as if looking through a castle window. Accomplished in tempera on 29 x 11.5 artist’s board and signed in the lower right corner by Earle. Handsomely cloth-matted and framed. In fine condition. Oversized.
Disney artist Eyvind Earle was Sleeping Beauty's production designer, and Walt Disney gave him a significant amount of freedom in designing the settings and selecting colors for the film. Earle also painted the majority of the backgrounds himself. The elaborate paintings usually took seven to ten days to paint; by contrast, a typical animation background took only one workday to complete. Disney's decision to give Earle so much artistic freedom was not popular among the Disney animators, who had previously exercised some influence over the style of their characters and settings. Earle’s forest scenes are among his best known works, and this superb, extra-large painting exemplifies his distinct and wonderful style.
