They Drew As they Pleased Hidden Disney Art Book Series

They Drew As they Pleased Hidden Disney Art Book Series

They Drew As They Pleased Hidden Disney Art Book Series written by author Didier Ghez is a true treasure. It shows art that was made at the Walt Disney Studios from the 1930s until 2020. The art was made in the Story Department to make storyboards, model sheets and color studies to get the best story before the animation began. Walt Disney attracted fine artists to work at the Disney Studio. This series of books shows art that has never been seen before. Didier Ghez visited families of the Disney artists that worked in the Story department and discovered art that has not be seen for seventy years. Also a lot correspondences and letters that shine a new light on how and for what projects the art was created. That makes this collections of books unique.

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I have made video reviews and written reviews of all of the They Drew As they Pleased Hidden Disney Art Book Series. Click on the links to see the video’s and read the reviews as well.

Cover They Drew As They Pleased The Hidden Art of Disney’s Golden Age The 1930s

In this book 4 Disney artists are featured who defined the style of Disney Animation:
Albert Hurter, Ferdinand Hervath, Gustaf Tenggren and Bianca Majolie. In the thirties there was a great depression. This is why Walt Disney could get the best artists around. Some of them came from Europe. That is why Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs looks like a European Children’s book illustration.

Volume 1:   The Hidden Art of Disney’s Golden Age The 1930s

They Drew as They Pleased The Hidden Art of Disney’s Musical Years (The 1940s) Part 1

This book was published in 2016 by Chronicle Books and has 208 pages. It has a Foreword by Disney director John Musker. The artists featured in this volume are: Walt Scott, Kay Nielsen, Sylvia Holland, Retta Scott and David Hall. Their art influenced such classics as Dumbo, Bambi, Fantasia, Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan.

Volume 2:  The Hidden Art of Disney’s Musical Years (The 1940s) Part 1

cover They Drew as They Pleased The Hidden Art of Disney's Late Golden Age (The 1940s - Part Two)

The book has 248 pages and is published by Chronicle Books. It is written by Didier Ghez. It has a foreword by Disney Animator Andreas Deja. The featured Disney artists are: Eduardo Solá Franco, John Walbridge, Jack Miller, Campbell Grant and James Bodrero.

Volume 3: The Hidden Art of Disney’s Late Golden Age The 1940s – Part 2

cover They Drew as they Pleased. The Hidden Art of Disney's Mid-Century Era the 1950s and 1960s

This book is written by Didier Ghez and has a foreword by Eric and Susan Goldberg. The book has 224 pages and was published in 2018 by Chronicle Books. The Disney artists in this book are Lee Blair, Mary Blair, Tom Oreb, John Dunn and Walt Peregoy.

Volume 4: The Hidden Art of Disney’s Mid-Century Era the 1950s and 1960s

This book is written by Didier Ghez and has a foreword by Disney animation director Don Hahn. The book has 208 pages and was published by Chronicle Books in 2019.  it shows work of Ken Anderson and Mel Shaw.

Volume 5: The Hidden Art of Disney’s Early Renaissance The 1970s and 1980s

They Drew as he Pleased The Hidden Art of Disney’s New Golden Age The 1990s to 2020

This book shows the art of Disney artists Joe Grant, Hans Bacher, Mike Gabriel and Michael Giaimo. It has a foreword by Burny Mattinson and has 208 pages.

Volume 6: The Hidden Art of Disney’s New Golden Age.The 1990s to 2020