Mary Blair

Personal Info

Known For Art

Gender Female

Birthday 1911-10-21

Deathday 1978-07-26 (66 years old)

Place of Birth McAlester, Oklahoma, USA

Also Known As Mary Robinson

Mary Blair

Biography

Blair's career began as a watercolor painter before joining the Walt Disney Studio in 1941. Blair started as a sketch artist before moving into art direction and inspirational sketches. Although a vast majority of her work was thrown out, Blair's fingerprints remain all over the studio's output both in animation and at various Disney Parks. Her signature design piece, It's All Small World After All, debuted at the New York World's Fair in 1964.

Known For

Art

1953
Peter Pan

as Conceptual Design

1952
The Little House

as Art Direction

1952
1951
Alice in Wonderland

as Conceptual Design

1948
Melody Time

as Conceptual Design

1948
So Dear to My Heart

as Conceptual Design

1946
Make Mine Music

as Art Direction

1946
Song of the South

as Conceptual Design

1942
Saludos Amigos

as Conceptual Design

Actor

2005
The Art of Mary Blair

as Self (archive footage)

1967
1942

Visual Effects

1942
Lake Titicaca

as Color Designer

Writer