Fire Chief Original Model Drawings: Pete

Pete

MEDIUM: Original Model Drawings
PRODUCTION: Fire Chief
YEAR: c. 1950
IMAGE SIZE: 12.5" x 15.5"
SKU: CCV2616

ABOUT THE IMAGE: This sheet of original character drawings of Pete was created by artist Joseph O'Malley during his five years (1950-1955) in the Disney Studio story department. It is based on model sheets originally produced for the making of the Donald Duck cartoons Fire Chief (1940) and Timber (1941).

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Mr. O'Malley (1903-1991) signed each sheet in black ink at lower right; he wrote notations related to drawing the nephews on one. He was primarily a watercolor artist and a member of the American Watercolor Society and California Watercolor Society. Born in Ohio he came west in the 1940s where he worked at Disney's and other major motion picture studios.