Art and Flair of Mary Blair, The-Updated Edition: An Appreciation (Disney Editions Deluxe)

Really good overview book about Mary Blair and her art - from her very early work right through her Disney years and after.

Such a gorgeous art book celebrating Mary Blair's work. Lots of information about her life too, with pages full of gorgeous prints. Highly recommend for any fans of hers :)

The media could not be loaded. The Art and Flair of Mary Blair: An Appreciation was first published in 2003 and this is the updated edition. The only thing that's updated is actually the cover art. In essence, it's a reprint, a second edition.This 128-page hardcover is published by Disney Editions and authored by the John Canemaker who has also written many other animation books.Mary Blair was an American artist who used to work for Disney before she pursued her freelance career. She's an influential artist noted for her creativity and joyful colour palette. This book looks at her life and career and is sort of like a biography.The book follows her life in chronological order starting from her training and even showed her watercolour works. Next would be the artworks she created for Disney and finally the work she produced while freelancing. Among the works, you'll probably find familiar works such as those from Cinderella, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland. She's also known for the "It's a Small World" exhibition at the 1964 New York World's Fair.Mary Blair's work has a child-like quality to them. Her design sensibilities to colour and design are wonderful and can be seen in the artworks showcased in the book. Many of her works could have been printed bigger.There are reviewers from the earlier edition complaining about the inaccuracy of colour reproduction and amount of content which is lacking, both the text and the number of artworks included. I've not seen Mary Blair's original works so I can't really comment on the colour reproduction. About the lacking content. At times I do feel like there's more to Mary Blair's life than what's included in the book as she's a very prolific artist. It's for certain that there are a lot of Mary Blair's artworks that are not included in the book, however they are included in another book.This reprint was released in the same month as another Mary Blair book titled Magic Color Flair: The World of Mary Blair, a companion to similarly titled exhibition held at the Walt Disney Family Museum. The difference between the two books? Magic Color Flair focuses more on the design, the aesthetics of Mary Blair's work. Interestingly enough, that book features many of the artworks that are not included in the book. I'm quite surprised by the lack of duplicated artworks between the two books which is certainly less than 10 pieces. So if you want all of Mary Blair's work, you have to get both books.The Art and Flair of Mary Blair is a fine book that I can recommend to Mary Blair fan and animation lovers. My main complaint would be that the writeup could be more in depth, and the second complain is you have to spend more money to get the other book just to see the artworks that are not included here.4 out of 5 stars.(See more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)

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If you are a fan of Mary Blair you will love this book :) Lots of pictures with extensive text. Beautiful.

My wife absolutely loves this book! The art of Mary Blair is colorful and the printing in this book highlights that well. A must buy for a Blair fan!

Mary Blair was undeniably one of the most talented and worldwide famous artist working for the Disney Company. Her art is certainly inspired by the graphic style of the 60's and 70's and I believe this book gives one of the most complete glimpse into it. Illustration are beautiful and it's probably a great source of knowledge for future graphic art designers of just for fans of the work talent of Mary Blair. A must have book !

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One of the most beautiful artists I've ever watched, and all of the experience and scketches and color schemes you get to see on any of the books about her are totally worth it.