They Drew as They Pleased: The Hidden Art of Disney's Golden Age: The 1930s

A very reasonably-priced book, very knowlegebly written by the author of a series of books called Walt's People.As in those books, Mr. Ghez has highlighted the significant contributions made by people who worked for Walt Disney but who usually get only a passing mention in other books about the studio.Here, he takes as his subject, four amazingly imaginative and gifted artists: Albert Hurter, Ferdinand Horvath, Gustaf Tenggren and Bianca Majolie.In the case of the first three artists, they brought a European sensibility to the styling, design and content of the first four feature films: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Bambi and Fantasia. Bianca Majolie made a significant contribution to the film, Fantasia and was the first woman to be promoted into what had been a male-dominated job.For anybody interested in film art direction and design, this is a marvellous book, lavishly illustrated with the four artists work. It is plain that they heavily influenced the making of four masterpieces in the history of animation.

A really interesting book and it details information about some of the early Disney artists' work. However, I did expect a bit more pictures and would have liked to have seen more about Snow White. Still, a very interesting read.

Gift recipient was over the moon with the book.

Love this book and go back to it often with grandchildren. Great to have them all sitting drawing.

Lovely book