RANKIN BASS RUDOLPH RED-NOSED REINDEER Orig Watercolor

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TheDeepArchives Animation / Fine Art Gallery specializing in RARE and OBSCURE Animation FOR MORE INFORMATION call or email RUDOLPH the Red-Nosed Reindeer based on the RANKIN/BASS 1960s Animated Television Special Item Type : Original Hand Painted Water-Color of Sam the Snow man played by BURL IVESpainting is by Legendary RANKIN/BASS Animator/Continuity Director, DON DUGA; based on his work done for the famous1960s Animated Christmas Special. Size : 12 Field 12.5 x 14.5 Condition : Excellent Featuring :THE MISER BROTHERS and MOTHER NAUTRENotes:Legendary NewYork Animator, DON DUGA Featured Artist Bio DON DUGA - Legendary Rankin / Bass Animation Artist Don Duga has been at the forefront of American Animation for more than 40 years, having worked with some of the most prestigious Animation Studios in the world. He is a versatile animator, director and producer. His work includes but, is not limited to, UPA and RANKIN/BASS STUDIOS to commercials, SESAME STREET and feature films. Don has storyboarded such classic characters as Mr. Magoo and Underdog, and has worked on animated features such as “ THE LAST UNICORN ,” “ MAD MONSTER PARTY ,” and “ DAY DREAMER .” The journey for Don began in 1958, when he studied with mentor, Don Graham, at California’s Chouinard Art Institute. After finishing school, Don took his talents to UPA Studios, but it was his time with Rankin/Bass Studios where Don took part in projects like “ Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer ,” “ The Year without a Santa Claus ,” “ Mad Monster Party ,” “ The Little Drummer Boy ,” and of course “ Frosty the Snowman .” As a Storyboard artist at Rankin/Bass Studios, Don specialized in laying out the essential frame work for the various film projects. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s Don worked animating Commercials for various national companies. A relationship with Hostess Foods proved to be a large success for Don where he designed and brought to life such memorable characters as Twinkie the Kid, Captain Cupcake, King Ding Dong, and Fruit Pie the Magician. POLESTAR FILMS and ASSOCIATED ARTS , a company DUGA cofounded along with animator, IRRA VERBITSKY , has won numerous awards, including the prestigious CARNEGIE MEDAL for Best Children’s film of the year and the ASIFA EAST AWARD for their work on “ OWEN ,” which was narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker. Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc. (formerly Videocraft International, Ltd. ), also known as Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment , was an American stop-motion production company , known for its seasonal television specials . With few exceptions, their library is currently owned by Classic Media .Rankin/Bass stop-motion features are recognizable by their visual style of doll-like characters with spheroid body parts, and ubiquitous powdery snow using an animation technique called "Animagic." Often, traditional cel animation scenes of falling snow would be projected over the action to create the effect of a snowfall.The company was founded by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass in the early 1960s as Videocraft International .The majority of Rankin/Bass' work, including all of their " Animagic " stop-motion productions, were created in Japan . Throughout the 1960s, the Animagic productions were headed by Japanese stop-motion animator Tadahito Mochinaga . Their traditionally cel-animated works were animated by Toei Animation , Crawley Films and Mushi Production , and since the 1970s , they were animated by the Japanese studio Top Craft , which was formed in 1972 as an offshoot of Toei Animation. Many Top Craft staffers, including the studio's founder Toru Hara (who was credited in some of Rankin/Bass' specials), would go on to join Studio Ghibli and work on Hayao Miyazaki 's feature films, including Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and My Neighbor Totoro .In addition to the 'name' talent that provided the narration for the specials, Rankin/Bass had its own company of voice actors. For the studio's early work, th... read more

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