SHAG, the artist famous for his Adventureland and Tiki Room inspired artwork did three and a half years ago this great artwork for the Haunted Mansion 40th Anniversary celebration.
The items where released on August 9, 2009 during a Disneyland special event for the Haunted Mansion 40th Anniversary, and although i have to admit the great talent of colorist of SHAG each time i see one of his artwork, his style reminds me another artist of the 1950's and 60's called Miroslav Sasek - a genius artist, really. 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, one of the best gift you will ever do is to offer them one of Sasek's books.
People also like SHAG's artwork because of his 1960'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 as i think as you will see below that he did a brilliant job.
SHAG also did a Walt Disney World Haunted Mansion version of his "We're Dying To Meet You" painting.
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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 1960's, and it's fantastic AND full of humor! Believe me , it will be a great gift for you or your children at only $12.99!
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2 comments:
Great artwork. But, uh, SHAG... hmm. Not the best name to go by if he ever visits the UK! It's slang for, um, something I wouldn’t mention on a Disney blog.
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Awesome artwork!
The HM and POTC are my favorite attractions of all times. I think that as much as the technology has evolved since the 1960's, no one has ever made an attraction as good, as ambition and as elaborate as both of them.
It shows IMO the genius of Walt, as forty six years after his death, the two last attractions in which he was involved are still the best!
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