Tuesday, April 14, 2009

SHAG Haunted Mansion 40th Anniversary Artwork



SHAG, the trendy artist famous for his Adventureland and Tiki Room inspired artwork did new artwork for the Haunted Mansion 40th Anniversary celebration.

The items will be released August 9 at a Disneyland Special Event. I have to admit the great talent of colourist of SHAG. But each time i see one of his artwork, his style reminds me another artist - a genius artist i should say - of the 1950's and 60's called Miroslav Sasek. Sasek did a series of children's books about all the cities of the world that where immensely successful at that time. Sasek books are by the way currently all re-printed and if you have children, any of these books will be one of the best gift you will ever do for them. People like SHAG's artwork also because of his 60's retro-style, and if you look at any Sasek book it also look typically 60's except that Sasek CREATED the 1960's style! I've add them in my Disney and more Amazon store, where you can find and order them easily - and they're not expensive - only $12.99!

To come back to SHAG, if I meet him one day, i must remember to ask him if he knows Sasek's work. Because I won't be surprised if Sasek was his non-official "mentor".

Anyway, let's comeback to SHAG Haunted Mansion 40th anniversary artwork, and i think as you will see below that he did a brilliant job.

Here is a series of SHAG paintings inspired by Haunted Mansion different scenes, and each of them will be available in prints, serigraphy or giclée printing. The originals themselves will also be on sale with prices between $6000 to $16000. Don't worry, the 14" x 18" prints will cost only $35.














SHAG did also a Walt Disney World Haunted Mansion version of his "We're Dying To Meet You" painting.



The artwork will also be used for other items, some of them in limited editions like this Cookie Jar Urn at $55...



This Appetizer Tray at $35...



This Haunted Mansion Lantern at $45...



These Lunch Bags at $24...



This Aloha shirt at $75...



This Boxed Pin Set at $50...



A 5" x 7" Postcard Set in Tin which will include all the different SHAG Haunted Mansion artwork will also be available at $18.




There is many more info about this SHAG Haunted Mansion artwork, with details on edition sizes, prices, etc on the Disney Gallery web site. Have a look!

All pictures and SHAG artwork: copyright Disney

The legendary Miroslav Sasek children's books on the major cities of the world are now on the Disney and more Amazon Store! The best one are the one about London , New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Rome and San Francisco. It's a vision of these cities how they looked in the 60's, and it's fantastic. Great gift for you or your children at only $12.99!


2 comments:

Alexander Korting said...

Beautiful work.
Alain, is it possible to use your Amazon store with Amazon.de somehow?

Thomas Rohe said...

I'm interested in picking up the Vinylmation he's been commissioned to do for the Haunted Mansion anniversary in August. Please let me know if you get one out west. Thanks!
Tom
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