Elmer Plummer Explained

Elmer Plummer
Birth Date:November 6, 1910
Death Date:December 31, 1986
Occupation:Water color painter

Elmer Plummer (November 6, 1910 - December 31, 1986) was an American water color painter who was active and worked at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Warner Bros. Cartoons.[1]

Biography

Plummer was born in Redlands, California, in 1910 and attended military school in San Diego before receiving a scholarship to study at the Chouinard Art Institute, where he returned as a teacher in later life.[2]

In 1934, he joined Warner Bros as a studio artist, then joined the Walt Disney Studios where he worked on such films as Fantasia and Dumbo.

He was also active in water colour painting for the Works Progress Administration and as a member of the Painters and Sculptors of Los Angeles. He exhibited works at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Golden Gate International Exposition, and won awards from the Los Angeles Art Association, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Los Angeles County Fair, and California State Fair.

He retired to in Junction City, Oregon, where he died in 1986, at his age of 76.

Filmography

YearTitleCredits
1940 Fantasia Story Development Artist - Segment "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" / Character Designer - Segment "The Nutcracker Suite"
1941 Dumbo Character Designer
1943 Victory Through Air Power (Documentary) Art Director: Animation
1945 The Three Caballeros Story
1946 Make Mine Music Art Supervisor
Song of the South Art Treatment
1966 - 1968 The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) Background Artist - 3 Episodes

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20121117100846/http://thecartoonists.ca/Index_files/2012pages/TC%20-%20Elmer%20Plummer.htm Elmer Plummer, Artist and Disney Illustrator
  2. Web site: Elmer Plummer . Spencer Helfen Fine Arts.