Retta Scot Worcester - Illustrator

Retta Scott Worcester (23 February 1916 - 26 August 1990) was an American artist. She was notably the first woman to receive screen credit as an animator at the Walt Disney Animation Studios. She was hired in 1938 and assigned to the Story Department, where her stunning sketches caught the eye of Disney himself, she worked under the film's supervising director, David D. Hand, and she was tutored by Disney animator Eric Larson. Retta Scott left Disney in 1946 and moved to the East Coast, where she continued to freelance, illustrating for many more years. 

Kelly Oechsli - Illustrator

Kelly Oechsli (1918-1999) illustrated many children's books, including Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock books. One of my favorites by him is Humpty Dumpty's Bedtime Stories (published in 1971). Not much more information is provided by any of the sites that mentioned him or his books.

Here is some of his work:

 

Eyvind Earle - Illustrator

Born in New York in 1916, Eyvind Earle began his prolific career at the age of ten, and was in a one-man show in France at the age of 14. At the age of 21, Earle bicycled across country from Hollywood to New York, paying his way by painting 42 watercolors.


In 1951 Earle joined Walt Disney studios as an assistant background painter. Among other projects, Earle was responsible for the styling, background and colors for the highly acclaimed movie “Sleeping Beauty” and gave the movie its magical, medieval look with his meticulously detailed, hand-painted backgrounds.



After about 15 years creating animated art, Earle returned to painting full time in 1966 and kept working until the end of his life. Eyvind Earle passed away on July 20, 2000 at the age of 84 (Excerpts taken from the Bio of Eyvind Earle http://www.eyvindearle.com/Bio.aspx).

Authors: William Lipkind and Nicolas Mordvinoff

Re-Blog of a post I saw and loved:

Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves: Finders Keepers: Finders Keepers William Lipkind and Nicolas Mordvinoff Harcourt, Brace & World, 1951 One of the first books I thrifted for my son way ba... Click Here to read more.

Finders Keepers

Illustrators : William Lipkind and Nicolas Mordvinoff
1951

  

I'm especially in love with this goat - I'm not sure which book it's from, but it is definitely a Will and Nicolas illustration.