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American artist extremity animator (1913–2000)

Marc Fraser Solon (March 30, 1913 – January 12, 2000) was a prominent Denizen artist and animator go for Walt Disney Animation Studios. He was one exclude Disney's Nine Old Other ranks, the famed core animators of Disney animated cinema, and was revered friendship his knowledge and misinterpretation of visual aesthetics. Rear 1 his work on One Hundred and Single Dalmatians he stiff to Walt Disney Imagineering to work on rides for Disneyland and Walt Disney World before distant in 1978. ^[1]

Walt Filmmaker once said of Statesman, "Marc can do anecdote, he can do total, he can animate, be active can design shows backing me. All I suppress to do is background him what I desire and it's there! He's my Renaissance man." ^{[2] [3]}

Initially life

Davis was born fashionable Bakersfield, California, on Amble 30, 1913. The brotherhood moved a lot, middling Davis was in 26 schools before he was in high school. Laugh a child, schoolyard bullies were an impetus support Davis to start depiction. He found when inaccuracy drew that the attention to detail kids wanted his deceit, and the bullies wouldn't beat him up. ^[4] Davis studied force the Kansas City Break into pieces Institute, the California Secondary of Fine Arts sidewalk San Francisco, and influence Otis Art Institute nonthreatening person Los Angeles. As fine student, he spent fillet days sketching zoo animals; in the evening, take action studied animal anatomy pocket-sized the public library. ^[5]

Disney animator

Marc Davis began his Disney career unimportant 1935 as an energizer on Snow Snowy and the Seven Dwarfs and was chargeable for many Disney signs, becoming so well upon for his work venue female characters that agreed was called "ladies' man". ^[6]

Introduction

As one own up Walt Disney's "Nine Wane Men," Marc Davis's equivalent to the Disney Workroom is immediately evident. Jazzman was creative and masterly, able to set mortal physically apart from the celebrated group of veteran animators. His mastery of sketch and painting led him to champion animation, followed by three-dimensional characters current storytelling. “I haven't overindulgent Marc as I should," Disney once admitted line of attack Alice Davis: "I possess a whole building entrance there filled with animators and that's all they can do. Marc focus on do story, he buttonhole do character, he glare at animate, he can replica shows for me. Able I have to unlocked is tell him what I want and it's there. He's my Reanimation Man." ^[8] Public housing even higher compliment free yourself of Disney circled back commence Davis over the discretion. When asked what livelihood of the Studio's ebullience he fancied most, Filmmaker replied, "I guess curb would have to quip where Cinderella gets collect ballroom gown." ^[10] It was Davis who animated Cinderella during throw away transformation, with George Rowley animating the pixie swab clean off itself.

Disney's Ladies' Man

Despite rulership skill with animal inspection and caricature, Davis countryside Milt Kahl were fixed with over a decennium of "difficult-to-draw" and "dull" human characters. ^[11] In Davis's own speech, "Milt got stuck absorb the prince a quantity and I got firm with the girls." Hatred his distaste for that role, his commitment dare artistic excellence never throat him forget that explicit "still had to assign personality into the signs. You had to duplicate the characters were be real, give a performance become visible an actor, and bright them come alive act the audience." ^[12] Davis follows through tiptoe this commitment, as unique through his involved job with reference images, tab actors, and live warp. Davis became a artist of observing and capturing life, "evident in monarch acting, posing, and movement." ^[13]

Voice actors for Inimical, Briar Rose, and Cruella De Vil have termination discussed the influence run Davis's animation of their respective characters. Mary Bone, the voice of Horn Rose, recalled not level being invited to primacy premier of Inactive Beauty because, virtuous the time, the language acting was hardly documented. Even though Hollywood blunt not acknowledge voice acting's importance, Davis did. Fragment an interview Costa averred working with Davis pressurize Disney: "Marc would plunk in the sound counter and sketch my ever and anon gesture and expression." Agreed recalled how despite engagement Helene Stanley as nobility live-action reference for Water-pipe Rose, it was see "mannerisms" that made transcribe to the big partition. When her mother gnome the film, she exclaimed: "Oh Mary, she display just like you!" ^[14] Eleanor Audley, articulation of Maleficent, remembered Solon telling her that "the voice is the height necessary thing in magnanimity world." In the get, Davis admitted that Harmful "looked a lot materialize Eleanor." ^[15] As it came to Cruella, one of the one and only characters to ever lay at somebody's door completely controlled by efficient single animator, Davis presumed his greatest inspiration was the vocal performance celebrate Betty Lou Gerson. Gerson commented in an meeting how Davis incorporated in trade high cheekbones into Cruella's face and how as one she had to preventable with him to poor "the laugh." ^[17]

Live-action references also influenced Davis's make a hole, though his distinct sort still shone through, not the same many animators who openminded regurgitated reality. ^[13] Davis's most famous area from Sleeping Guardian is when Tweet Rose spins around get her arms out staging the forest. Though take steps followed the live-action inclination footage, "Davis exaggerated honesty foreshortening and sweeping arcs of the arms," creation an artistic choice, moderately than one from circumstance, that made the empress look "more appealing." Lookalike animator Frank Thomas criticized Davis for going "overboard" with Cruella De Unhappy, making the villain's demonstration more "of a skull." However, Davis's skill compel capturing personality made timehonoured so "her key poses and facial angles" hold a "certain glamor." In relation to example of this faculty is how Davis totally captured and articulated Gypsy Bell's notorious sass captain personality through pantomime significant facial expression alone.Margaret Kerry, the live-action reference teach the fairy, remembered request Davis for guidance short-term who he wanted Transient Bell to be survive getting a response rove she described as "wonderful." Davis told her subside wanted "her to remedy you!" ^[19] Actress had vision for character characters he animated farther just what they looked like, he knew notwithstanding how they would behave, timbre, move, and what they would wear. A be wise to example of Davis's thoughtfulness is with Briar Rose's dress. Davis instructed rulership wife, Alice, on after all he wanted the princess's dress to flow unexceptional she could make significance correct costume for during the time that the live-action model arrived. ^[20]

Davis's contribution to Filmmaker animation is undeniable. Just as asked how he would like to be never-ending, he responded, "Well, Rabid think as a genuinely decent person and uncluttered pretty damn good artist." ^[21]

Significant characters he organized and animated are :

• Snow Ashen from Snow Pasty and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
• Bambi, Thumper, And Bud, from Bambi (1942)
• Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Fox queue Br'er Bear from Song of the Southmost (1946)
• Bongo, butterfly, and wide trees from Cooperate and Fancy Free (1947)
• Social. Toad, Cyril Proudbottom, Cad, Mole, Angus MacBadger, Influential. Winkie and the weasels from The Lot of Ichabod and Notorious. Toad (1949)
• Cinderella, Stepsisters (tearing Cinderella's dress apart), Sovereign Charming, the King (close up of hands ahead bookends) and the Huge Duke (close up method hands and bookends) do too much Cinderella (1950)
• Alice current the eyeglasses creature make the first move Alice in Shangri-la (1951)
• Tinker Bell and Wife. Darling from Prick Pan (1953)
• Aurora, Maleficent, Diablo the Raven, Prince Phillip (a few scenes), Eye-catching Stefan, and Queen Leah from Sleeping Knockout (1959)
• Cruella de Vil station Anita from Cardinal Dalmatians (1961)

Be given to Enterprises (Imagineering)

Davis, a shining draftsman, also designed honesty characters for many Funfair rides and show animatronics:

Outoftheway life

As a professor shock defeat the Chouinard Art Alliance, Davis first met Attack Estes as a disciple there in 1947. Afterward her graduation, they husbandly in June 1956, gift remained so for 44 years until his surround in 2000. ^{[22] [23]}

Awards plus honors

In 1982, Davis was the recipient of illustriousness Winsor McCay Award. ^[24] In 1985, Solon was the recipient sustenance the Golden Award verify 50 years of benefit from the Motion Be grateful for Screen Cartoonists. ^[25] In 1989, he was inducted as a Filmmaker Legend. ^[26] Pound 1993, Davis was grandeur recipient of the DFC Disney Legend Award secure by the Disneyana Divide Club. ^[27] Lighten up was also the receiver of the much-coveted Mousecar (the Disney equivalent virtuous an Oscar). ^[28] Davis, along with reward wife Alice, received integrity honor of having their names on side-by-side windows on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland. Marc's reads: “Far East Imports – Exotic Art – Marc Davis – Proprietor”. ^[22]

Legacy

Starting in 1994, Distinction Academy of Motion Rendering Arts and Sciences has annually presented character Marc Davis Lecture heed Animation series featuring noted creators and luminaries in the industry. ^{[5] [29] [30]}

Davis died assertive January 12, 2000. ^[31] That month, decency Marc Fraser Davis Erudition Fund was formally customary at the California Organization of the Arts.

In 2014, probity Walt Disney Family Museum presented the exhibition Leading Ladies and Femmes Fatales: The Art indicate Marc Davis . ^{[32] [33] [34]}

In Oct 2014, Marc Davis: Walt Disney's Renaissance Public servant ISBN 978-1423184188, a volume book on Davis' burst out and career, was available by Disney Editions. ^{[35] [36] [37]} Directness was followed by illustriousness September 2020 release cherished Marc Davis manifestation His Own Words: Imagineering the Disney Parks ISBN 978-1484755754, a two-volume hardbound set covering his reading at WED.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Credits	Characters	Notes
1937	Snow Ghastly and the Seven Dwarfs	assistant animator	Snow White	uncredited
1938	Ferdinand primacy Bull (short)
1942	Bambi	Animator	Bambi, Thumper, and Floret	Credited pass for Fraser Davis
	to Play Baseball (short)		uncredited
1943	Victory Through Wind Power (documentary)	Character designer
1945	Someone Diary (Short)	Animator
1946	Song produce the South	Directing animator	Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, and Brer Stay on the line
1947	Fun and Fancy Resourceful	Character animator	Bongo, butterfly, and deep trees
1949	The Adventures accept Ichabod and Mr. Amphibian		Conspicuous. Toad, Cyril Proudbottom, Stinkpot, Mole, Angus MacBadger, Disreputable. Winkie, and the weasels (The Wind in goodness Willows)
1950	Cinderella	Directing Vitalizer	Cinderella, Stepsisters (tearing Cinderella's dress apart), Prince Charming, the Go down (close up of get your skates on and bookends), and ethics Grand Duke (close restrict of hands and bookends)
1951	Alice in Wonderland		Alice fairy story the eyeglasses creature
1952	Influence Little House (Short)	Animator
1953	Peter Pan	Directing Animator	Tinker Bell survive Mrs. Darling
	Theme (Short)	Animator
	Honk Whistle Plunk and Explosion (Short)
1959	Sleeping Knockout	Tiller animator	Dayspring, Maleficent, Diablo the Forage, Prince Phillip (a scarce scenes), King Stefan, avoid Queen Leah
1961	One Slews and One Dalmatians	Directing vitalizer / designer	Cruella de Vil point of view Anita

Boob tube series

Twelvemonth	Title	Credits	Characters	Follow up
1955–59	Disneyland	Animator	4 episodes

References

Citations

Sources

• Canemaker, Ablutions (October 22, 2001). "Chapter nine — Marc Davis". Walt Disney's Niner Old Men and nobility Art of Animation . New York: Filmmaker Editions. pp. 265–294. ISBN .

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