Eyvind Earle
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Eyvind Earle (April 26, 1916-- July 20, 2000), was an American contemporary artist, author and illustrator. Earle was critically acclaimed by such publications as Time, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The New York World-Telegram, The Art News and The New York Sun.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rahr-West Art Museum, Phoenix Museum of Art and Arizona State University Art Museum have purchased Earle's works for their permanent collections. Earle's works have also been shown in many successful one-man exhibitions throughout the world.
As an illustrator, he worked as production designer, color stylist and background painter for the Disney animated classics Sleeping Beauty, Paul Bunyan and Lady and the Tramp. American Artists Group has published over 600 of Earle's designs and sold over 300,000,000 of his Christmas cards during the past 50 years.