Illustration: Three Early Tenggren Books

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Today, we digitized the illustrations from three more early books by Gustaf Tenggren. Tenggren was a key concept artist on Snow White and Pinocchio, and it's clear that the Disney artists looked to his work for inspiration in establishing the Disney feature style.

As we scan more books, we are able to find interesting parallels. For instance, it's interesting to compare Tenggren's approach to Hawthorne's "Tanglewood Tales" to Dulac's highly stylized version.


And a similar comparison between Tenggren's approach to a battle scene and the way Kay Nielsen handled the same subject in East of the Sun, West of the Moon.


We can also compare Tenggren's early "Juan And Juanita" to his treatment of an almost identical subject in a totally different style in the Golden Book, "The Little Trapper".


We can also see similarities to Tenggren's contemporary book, Small Fry And The Winged Horse.


As our database fills out, more and more interesting comparisons and relationships like this will become apparent. That's one of the most exciting things about the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project. The information has always existed, but gathering it all together in one place, and making it searchable will add a level of understanding that has never been possible before. Stay tuned. It will get even better!

Here then, are three more books by the great artist, Gustaf Tenggren...




















For more incredible illustration by Gustaf Tenggren, see... Tenggren's Tell It Again Book Part One and Part Two, D'Aulnoy Fairy Tales and The Good Dog Book, Tenggren's Grimms Fairy Tales Part One and Part Two, Heidi, Wonderbook and Juan & Juanita, and Sing For Christmas.

See also... Einar Norelius' Bland Tomtar Och Troll 1929 and 1934, John Bauer's Bland Tomtar Och Troll 1917, More Norelius and Bauer, Arthur Rackham's Grimm's Fairy Tales Part One and Part Two, Kay Nielsen's East of the Sun and West of the Moon and Hansel & Gretel, Dulac's H.C. Andersen Part One and Part Two.

Stephen Worth
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ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive

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