"Dry Dock - Avila Bech" by Walt Stanchfield
from the collection of Bill Matthews
30"x23", watercolor, unframed, $950.00
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Walt Stanchfield
Bio
Walt Stanchfield started at Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1949. He eventually started the training program for animators, along with veteran animator and director, Eric Larson. Stanchfield taught weekly drawing classes and gave lectures at the studio until shortly before his death in 2000. The young talent he worked with became prominent in the animation industry, such as Brad Bird, John Lasseter, Joe Ranft, John Musker, Ron Clements, Glen Keane, Andreas Deja, and Mark Henn, among others. A master of the gesture drawing, Stanchfield’s notes and drawing examples have been compiled by producer Don Hahn in a two-volume collection entitled ”Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes.“
Credits
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), animation consultant
- The Great Mouse Detective (1986), coordinating animator
- The Black Cauldron (1985), key animation coordinator
- The Fox and The Hound (1981), animator
- The Rescuers (1977), assistant animation supervisor
- The Aristocats (1970), animator
- Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968), animator
- The Jungle Book (1967), animator
- Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966), animator