A Fine Art Limited Edition Giclee created from the original Art by Disney poster artist David Willardson.

In the 1970s, Willardson was asked by an ad agency to do a painting of Goofy for Walt Disney World. “I rendered it photorealistically,” he says, ”just like a living being, with dimension, shading, core values and rim lighting.” The ad ran nationally and Jeffrey Katzenburg (head of animation at Disney) spotted it. He then called Willardson and asked if he was interested in taking that same approach for a whole new look for Disney. The first thing Willardson created for Katzenburg and Disney was a new movie poster for “Bambi”. His fully rendered images of the Disney classic are still the most widely used to date. Thus began a seventeen-year career at Disney for Willardson. Willardson also created poster art for Cinderella, Snow White, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and The Lion King, earning him a permanent place in animation art history. With joy, sadness, frustration, and exhilaration – Willardson’s characters exude the pure personality and soul first granted them by the old masters. “They are living legends to me,” Willardson says, “just like Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable and James Dean.”

Fans of David Willardson can now get their hands on David Willardson art. Not only do we stock limited edition David Willardson art, we also have available David Willardson posters and David Willardson prints. This collection is perfect for all David Willardson gifts.
 

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