Joshua Meador Modernist Oil Painting "The Down Pour," Mid-20th Century

Item Details

Joshua Meador (California/Mississippi, 1911 – 1965)
The Dour Pour, mid-20th century
Oil painting on board
Signed to the lower right
Titled inscribed to the verso

Joshua Meador was born in Mississippi in 1911, and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, graduating in 1935. He then moved to California where he had a notable career with Disney Productions, working as an animator, special effects artist, and animation director and helping to create such classics as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), as well as the MGM science-fiction film Forbidden Planet (1956).

• Item not examined outside of mounting

Condition

- paint chipping and scratches appear to be intentional to the painting; wear and scratches to frame; some dust and debris.

Dimensions

- measures the frame; sight measures 6" W x 10" H.

Item #

ITMG847669