Walter Peregoy Paintings

Walter Peregoy (1925-2015) was an American artist acclaimed for his Avant Garde style. He is also known for his work at Disney, Hanna-Barbera and Format Films during the mid-20th cen...

WALTER PEREGOY "MOTORCYCLISTS" OIL ON MASONITE, SIGNED CALIFORNIA, DATED 1958 25 X 37.5 INCHES Walter Peregoy 1925-2015 Alwyn Walter Peregoy was born in Los Angeles in 1925. At age nine he began his formal art training at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Berkeley; at age 12 he returned to Los Angeles with his parents and enrolled in Chouinard Art Institute; at 17 he dropped out of high school and went to work for Disney Studios. After serving in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II, he further studied in Mexico at University de Belles Artes and in Paris. Walt Peregoy...

WALTER PEREGOY "CROUCHING WOMAN" GOUACHE AND GRAPHITE, ESTATE LABEL CALIFORNIA, CIRCA 1960 48 X 24 INCHES Walter Peregoy 1925-2015 Alwyn Walter ...

WALTER PEREGOY "THE PROPHET" DRAWING, SIGNED CALIFORNIA, C.1950 21 X 10 INCHES Walter Peregoy 1925-2015 Alwyn Walter Peregoy was born in Los Angeles in 1925. At age nine he began his formal art training at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Berkeley; at age 12 he returned to Los Angeles with his parents and enrolled in Chouinard Art Institute; at 17 he dropped out of high school and went to work for Disney Studios. After serving in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II, he further studied in Mexico at University de Belles Artes and in Paris. Walt Peregoy...

WALTER PEREJOY "STILL LIFE" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED AMERICAN, C.1955 16 X 20 INCHES Walter Peregoy 1925-2015 Alwyn Walter Peregoy was born in Los Angeles in 1925. At age nine he began his formal art training at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Berkeley; at age 12 he returned to Los Angeles with his parents and enrolled in Chouinard Art Institute; at 17 he dropped out of high school and went to work for Disney Studios. After serving in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II, he further studied in Mexico at University de Belles Artes and in Paris. Walt Peregoy...

Walter Peregoy "THE FOOTBALLER" OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED, DATED 1957 28.5 X 23.5 INCHES Walter Peregoy 1925-2015 Alwyn Walter Peregoy was born in Los Angeles in 1925. At age nine he began his formal art training at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Berkeley; at age 12 he returned to Los Angeles with his parents and enrolled in Chouinard Art Institute; at 17 he dropped out of high school and went to work for Disney Studios. After serving in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II, he further studied in Mexico at University de Belles Artes and in Paris. Walt Peregoy “spent three years in Paris studying painting, mostly with Fernand Leger (1881 - 1955). His sketchbooks at the time reflect the strong influence of Fernand Léger, and in fact, Léger offered to sign one of Peregoy’s sketchbooks because he was so impressed with the young artist’s work.” (Amid Amidi in Cartoon Modern). There is not much known about Peregoy’s time studying under the French Modernist except that like Legér, Peregoy also limited himself to simple shapes, painted in strong colors. Moreover, technical objects and machines are featured prominently in the films he worked on. He got to France aboard the Queen Elizabeth in 1948/49 and met his future wife, Madeleine Arneau, shortly after he arrived in Paris. A few years before, (1940-45) Léger lived and worked in the United States, where he reportedly started painting free-form color areas influenced by the light of neon signs around Times Square. Back in France he joined the French Communist Party and began to paint clearer silhouettes and heroic figures. In 1951 he returned to the U.S. and continued working for Disney. Peregoy's unique style meshed well with that of Eyvind Earle (1916-2000) his contemporary and stylist. Peregoy and Earle's work on Paul Bunyan (1958) was nominated for an Academy Award in the short category. Their unique style of animation on Paul Bunyan was a departure for Disney. Peregoy continued to work at Disney for an additional 14 years. Peregoy was lead background painter on Sleeping Beauty (1959), color stylist and background artist on One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) and The Sword in the Stone (1963). After working for Format Films, and several years at Hanna-Barbera, he returned to Disney (WED Enterprises in 1977 through 1983) where he contributed his unique view to the design of Epcot Center in Florida in the architectural facades, sculptures, fountains, show rides and murals for The Land and "Imagination!" (formerly The journey into the Imagination) pavilions. Along with Marc Davis...

WALTER PEREGOY "FIRE BIRDS" OIL ON BOARD, SIGNED CALIFORNIA, C.1960 18.25 X 28.25 INCHES Walter Peregoy 1925-2015 Alwyn Walter Peregoy was b...

WALTER PEREGOY "MERLIN" OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED CALIFORNIA, C.1960 38.5 X 30 INCHES Walter Peregoy 1925-2015 Alwyn Walter Peregoy was born in Los Angeles in 1925. At age nine he began his formal art training at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Berkeley; at age 12 he returned to Los Angeles with his parents and enrolled in Chouinard Art Institute; at 17 he dropped out of high school and went to work for Disney Studios. After serving in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II, he further studied in Mexico at University de Belles Artes and in Paris. Walt Peregoy...

WALTER PEREGOY "HOLLYWOOD AT NIGHT' OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED CALIFORNIA, C.1960 24 X 48 INCHES Walter Peregoy 1925-2015 Alwyn Walter Peregoy was born in Los Angeles in 1925. At age nine he began his formal art training at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Berkeley; at age 12 he returned to Los Angeles with his parents and enrolled in Chouinard Art Institute; at 17 he dropped out of high school and went to work for Disney Studios. After serving in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II, he further studied in Mexico at University de Belles Artes and in Paris. Walt Peregoy...

WALTER PEREGOY "CROUCHING FIGURES" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED CALIFORNIA, DATE 1952 30 X 38 INCHES Walter Peregoy 1925-2015 Alwyn Walter Peregoy was born in Los Angeles in 1925. At age nine he began his formal art training at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Berkeley; at age 12 he returned to Los Angeles with his parents and enrolled in Chouinard Art Institute; at 17 he dropped out of high school and went to work for Disney Studios. After serving in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II, he further studied in Mexico at University de Belles Artes and in Paris. Walt Peregoy “spent three years in Paris studying painting, mostly with Fernand Leger (1881 - 1955). His sketchbooks at the time reflect the strong influence of Fernand Léger, and in fact, Léger offered to sign one of Peregoy’s sketchbooks because he was so impressed with the young artist’s work.” (Amid Amidi in Cartoon Modern). There is not much known about Peregoy’s time studying under the French Modernist except that like Legér, Peregoy also limited himself to simple shapes, painted in strong colors. Moreover, technical objects and machines are featured prominently in the films he worked on. He got to France aboard the Queen Elizabeth in 1948/49 and met his future wife, Madeleine Arneau, shortly after he arrived in Paris. A few years before, (1940-45) Léger lived and worked in the United States, where he reportedly started painting free-form color areas influenced by the light of neon signs around Times Square. Back in France he joined the French Communist Party and began to paint clearer silhouettes and heroic figures. In 1951 he returned to the U.S. and continued working for Disney. Peregoy's unique style meshed well with that of Eyvind Earle (1916-2000) his contemporary and stylist. Peregoy and Earle's work on Paul Bunyan (1958) was nominated for an Academy Award in the short category. Their unique style of animation on Paul Bunyan was a departure for Disney. Peregoy continued to work at Disney for an additional 14 years. Peregoy was lead background painter on Sleeping Beauty (1959), color stylist and background artist on One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) and The Sword in the Stone...