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Mary Robinson Blair

Mary Robinson Blair (1911 - 1978) was active/lived in New York, California.  Mary Blair is known for Landscape, mural and figure painting, illustration.

Mary Robinson Blair (1911-1978)

A painter and illustrator, Mary Blair became known for her design contributions to Walt Disney enterprises as well as for paintings of stylized children and scenes from Central and South America.

She was born in McAlester, Oklahoma and moved to California at age seven. She graduated from San Jose State College and then studied art at the Chouinard School and with Pruett Carter and Lawrence Murphy.  From the 1930s, she worked in Los Angeles as a designer for animated films, primarily for Walt Disney Studios.  She also created tile murals for Disneyland and designed several rides there including It's A Small World.  This ride and theme were a response to Disney's commitment to participate in the 1964 World's Fair in New York City with four projects.  This one was tied to a Pepsi-Cola contract to do something with a theme of "It's a Small World" to benefit UNICEF, the United Nations agency to benefit children   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3851 characters.]  Artist bio

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