What do you think?
Rate this book
The Art of Winnie the Pooh
Join the eightieth anniversary celebration of Disney's Winnie the Pooh with this must-have commemorative gift book featuring brand-new original illustrations by eighty Disney artists from around the world -- a visual "little smackerel of something" for Pooh fans everywhere.
One of the best-loved characters in children's literature of all time, Winnie the Pooh was born in 1925 from the twin pens of English playwright A. A. Milne and illustrator E. H. Shepard. Milne based the characters of Pooh and his friends in the Hundred-Acre Wood on his son Christopher Robin Milne and the boy's adored collection of stuffed animals. The writer was inspired, too, by Christopher's fascination with a black bear in the London Zoo named Winnie (short for Winnipeg, the hometown of the Canadian soldier who brought her to England as his regiment's mascot in 1914).
The endearing bear of very little brain might have remained a purely literary phenomenon had it not been for Walt Disney, who with his unfailing eye for latent cinematic talent, gave Pooh his first shot at the silver screen in the 1966 featurette Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree.
Today, Pooh is a certified global pop culture icon, instantly recognized from the merest suggestion of his distinctive silhouette. Yet the cuddly, honey-loving bear wears his success modestly. He has never lost his unpretentious charm, his always adaptable good nature, or his taste for adventure, and in these pages he cheerfully offers his familiar roly-poly figure as inspiration for visual experimentation. Here Disney artists, designers, illustrators, and animators, freed for a while from their model sheets, capture the Pooh who lives in our collective imagination. These artists' playful inventions reveal the bear newly incarnated in guises -- and disguises -- both familiar and novel, celebrating Pooh's eightieth birthday with the gift of an alternative gallery.
This whimsical collection will delight art lovers and Winnie the Pooh fans alike, and is sure to remain a cherished volume for years to come.
One of the best-loved characters in children's literature of all time, Winnie the Pooh was born in 1925 from the twin pens of English playwright A. A. Milne and illustrator E. H. Shepard. Milne based the characters of Pooh and his friends in the Hundred-Acre Wood on his son Christopher Robin Milne and the boy's adored collection of stuffed animals. The writer was inspired, too, by Christopher's fascination with a black bear in the London Zoo named Winnie (short for Winnipeg, the hometown of the Canadian soldier who brought her to England as his regiment's mascot in 1914).
The endearing bear of very little brain might have remained a purely literary phenomenon had it not been for Walt Disney, who with his unfailing eye for latent cinematic talent, gave Pooh his first shot at the silver screen in the 1966 featurette Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree.
Today, Pooh is a certified global pop culture icon, instantly recognized from the merest suggestion of his distinctive silhouette. Yet the cuddly, honey-loving bear wears his success modestly. He has never lost his unpretentious charm, his always adaptable good nature, or his taste for adventure, and in these pages he cheerfully offers his familiar roly-poly figure as inspiration for visual experimentation. Here Disney artists, designers, illustrators, and animators, freed for a while from their model sheets, capture the Pooh who lives in our collective imagination. These artists' playful inventions reveal the bear newly incarnated in guises -- and disguises -- both familiar and novel, celebrating Pooh's eightieth birthday with the gift of an alternative gallery.
This whimsical collection will delight art lovers and Winnie the Pooh fans alike, and is sure to remain a cherished volume for years to come.
- GenresArtNonfictionFilm
176 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2006
2 people are currently reading
120 people want to read
About the author
Walt Disney Company
38.3k books2,886 followersNote: The decision was made to consolidate all Disney publications under the name Walt Disney Company. This profile is for Walt Disney, the characters he created, and the company he founded. Any questions, please ask in the Librarian's Group.
Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.
Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.
Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.
The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.
--from Wikipedia
Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.
Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.
Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.
The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.
--from Wikipedia
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
January 12, 2023
A coffee table book with 80 Disney artists celebrating Pooh's 80th birthday with single page illustrations that range from on-model and pedestrian to wild and abstract. Some of the artists also get to give short written tributes or explanations of their works, alternating with some appropriate quotes from the Disney animated Pooh short films.
A mixed bag, but nice to flip through.
FOR REFERENCE:
Illustrators:
Alan Batson, Jim Valeri, Jean-Paul Orpiñas, David Pacheco, Darlene Hamilton, Keiko Sato, Judith Holmes Clarke, Jeff Shelly, Ben Butcher, John T. Quinn III, Melissa Suber, Rich Tuzon, Silvano Scolari, Dan Owen, John Trinh, Satoru Kawano, Mary A. Rappazzo, Winnie Ho, Vince Musacchia, Maria Claudia Di Genova, Frank Nissen, Yukimasa Iwata, Eric Hutchison, Matt Cruickshank, Chantel Gentry, Steven Andrews, Mario Cortes, Ken Shue, Brent Ford, Brenda Goddard, Lori Tyminski, Philo Barnhart, Rebecca Wong, Frederic Danel, Scott Tilley, Lee Loetz, Floyd Norman, M.E. Naggi, Calista Brill, Charles Pickens, Giovanni Rigano, Jean-Francois Panayotopoulos, Dan Thompson, Stephane Kardos, Caroline LaVelle Egan, Alexander Eiserloh, Eriko Iizuka, April Ann Torres, Mike McFadden, Jennifer Banzaca, Andrea Greppi, Stefano Attardi, Denise Shimabukuro, Marcella Wong, Gerben Steenks, Anthony Whitfield, Elizabeth Tate, Russell Schroeder, Jeff Schroeder, Chiaki Tanaka, Kim Raymond, Eunie Jung, Jeffrey Clark, Adrienne Brown, Andrew Phillipson, Davide Cesarello, Sue DiCicco, Gil DiCicco, June Fujimoto, Elizabeth Ryazantseva, Ed Andaluz, Eric Tan, Skip Morgan, Enrico Soave, George McClements, Sara Storino, Andrea Nicolucci, James O'Connor, Yusuke Uchino, Carson Van Osten
(My Pooh Project: I love Winnie the Pooh, and so does my wife. Having a daughter gave us a chance to indoctrinate her into the cult by buying and reading her every Pooh book we came across. How many is that? I’m going to count them this year by reading and reviewing one every day and seeing which month I finally run out. Track my progress here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list... )
A mixed bag, but nice to flip through.
FOR REFERENCE:
Illustrators:
Alan Batson, Jim Valeri, Jean-Paul Orpiñas, David Pacheco, Darlene Hamilton, Keiko Sato, Judith Holmes Clarke, Jeff Shelly, Ben Butcher, John T. Quinn III, Melissa Suber, Rich Tuzon, Silvano Scolari, Dan Owen, John Trinh, Satoru Kawano, Mary A. Rappazzo, Winnie Ho, Vince Musacchia, Maria Claudia Di Genova, Frank Nissen, Yukimasa Iwata, Eric Hutchison, Matt Cruickshank, Chantel Gentry, Steven Andrews, Mario Cortes, Ken Shue, Brent Ford, Brenda Goddard, Lori Tyminski, Philo Barnhart, Rebecca Wong, Frederic Danel, Scott Tilley, Lee Loetz, Floyd Norman, M.E. Naggi, Calista Brill, Charles Pickens, Giovanni Rigano, Jean-Francois Panayotopoulos, Dan Thompson, Stephane Kardos, Caroline LaVelle Egan, Alexander Eiserloh, Eriko Iizuka, April Ann Torres, Mike McFadden, Jennifer Banzaca, Andrea Greppi, Stefano Attardi, Denise Shimabukuro, Marcella Wong, Gerben Steenks, Anthony Whitfield, Elizabeth Tate, Russell Schroeder, Jeff Schroeder, Chiaki Tanaka, Kim Raymond, Eunie Jung, Jeffrey Clark, Adrienne Brown, Andrew Phillipson, Davide Cesarello, Sue DiCicco, Gil DiCicco, June Fujimoto, Elizabeth Ryazantseva, Ed Andaluz, Eric Tan, Skip Morgan, Enrico Soave, George McClements, Sara Storino, Andrea Nicolucci, James O'Connor, Yusuke Uchino, Carson Van Osten
(My Pooh Project: I love Winnie the Pooh, and so does my wife. Having a daughter gave us a chance to indoctrinate her into the cult by buying and reading her every Pooh book we came across. How many is that? I’m going to count them this year by reading and reviewing one every day and seeing which month I finally run out. Track my progress here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list... )
January 3, 2022
Published in honor of Pooh's 80th anniversary in 2006, this was another unread book in my personal library that I picked to read in 2022. Coming off of P00h's 95th anniversary in 2021, it's a timely read - a beautiful collection of original artwork, many with accompanying anecdotes on the artist's design intentions or inspirations. I would love to own full-size prints of some of these artwork pieces. A must read and book to own for my fellow Pooh lovers!
This book fulfilled the 2022 PopSugar prompt #24 - A book you can read in one sitting.
This book fulfilled the 2022 PopSugar prompt #24 - A book you can read in one sitting.
February 7, 2019
A wonderful book to celebrate everyone's favorite "silly old bear". I have loved Winnie the Pooh since I was a child and still do to this day. I enjoyed looking at these illustrations. What a beautiful book.
March 8, 2017
I really enjoyed all of the art and art types but I was hoping for a bit more. It was fun to peruse as it appears to have been made for the 80th anniversary of Winnie the Pooh.
January 24, 2022
Lego
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 28, 2009
A Disney Artist celebration of the 80th Birthday of one of the world's best loved toys.
Many artists take their own spin on Pooh Bear, some traditional and others very different. Using many different mediums to celebrate this beloved character each artist brings their own ideas to life.
One of my favorites was "Eeyore's Day Off" which depicts the normally gloomy donkey rolling on the ground laughing uncontrollably while his friends look on in bewilderment, with the exception of an indignant Rabbit who is irritably checking the Rule Book.
Many artists take their own spin on Pooh Bear, some traditional and others very different. Using many different mediums to celebrate this beloved character each artist brings their own ideas to life.
One of my favorites was "Eeyore's Day Off" which depicts the normally gloomy donkey rolling on the ground laughing uncontrollably while his friends look on in bewilderment, with the exception of an indignant Rabbit who is irritably checking the Rule Book.
August 28, 2013
كتاب جميل أو ربما كان من الأوفق أن نقول أنه ألبوم صور جميل فهو يحتوي منذ البداية وحتى النهاية على مجموعة صور جميلة لويني تخيل موضوعاتها العديد من الرسامين وكل منهم وضع ويني والرفاق في جو مختلف ربما وغير معهود احيانا وباشكال شتى
كتاب حلو للغاية لمن يحب ويني والرفاق ^_^
كتاب حلو للغاية لمن يحب ويني والرفاق ^_^
March 14, 2009
definitely one of my faves!!!!!!
:]
:]
Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews