Walter Peregoy
Walter Peregoy | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | November 17, 1925
Died | January 16, 2015 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 89)
Nationality | American |
Known for | Animation work |
Alwyn Walter "Walt" Peregoy (November 17, 1925 – January 16, 2015) was an American artist who was a color stylist and
He received little publicity over his career, but was acclaimed for his avant-garde style. His dedication, creativity and contributions to animation while at Disney earned Peregoy the honor of being inducted into the Disney Legends roster in 2008.
Life
Early years
Peregoy was born in
In 1942, he joined the
Animation work
In 1951, Peregoy returned to the United States and resumed his career with The Walt Disney Studios. Although skilled with these more conventional projects, Peregoy's personal style began to surface. Peregoy's unique style began to meshed well with that of his contemporary, stylist
Peregoy was lead background painter on Sleeping Beauty (1959) before embarking on the most ambitious, intelligent, and personal effort, his work as color stylist and background artist on One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), and The Sword in the Stone (1963). He later worked on Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969), and other series produced by Hanna-Barbera.
He returned to Disney (WED Enterprises in 1977 through 1983), contributing his unique view to the design of
Along with Marc Davis, Eyvind Earle and Joshua Meador, Peregoy was one of the featured artists in Disney's Four Artists Paint One Tree documentary. This documentary illustrated the unique interpretation that each artist can bring to a single subject matter.
Peregoy's work has been the subject of one Man Shows at: Stockton Museum, California; The University of Santa Clara, California; Galerie de Tour, San Francisco, California; Rutherford Gallery, San Francisco, California; Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, California; Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, California; Dickie Hall Gallery, Laguna, California; Jack Carr Gallery, Pasadena, California. He has also participated in group shows at: National Gallery of Art, the Library of Congress and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Later years
He taught Background Styling at Brandes Art Institute from 1984–1985 as well as Principle of Drawing. In the last years of his life, he continued to draw and paint in the Los Angeles area.
Peregoy died on January 16, 2015, at the age of 89.