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William Stout Art

American, b. 1949
William Stout, born in Salt Lake City, UT in 1949. At seventeen he won a full California State Scholarship to the Chouinard Art Institute (California Institute of the Arts) where he obtained his Bachelor's Degree. Stout began his professional career in 1968 with his cover and illustrations for the first four issues of the pulp magazine Coven 13. In 1971 he began to assist Russ Manning on the Tarzan of the Apes newspaper strips and Eisner Award-winning graphic novels. In 1972 Stout joined Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder on "Little Annie Fanny" for Playboy. In 1973 Stout gained international notoriety in 1973-74 for his 45 "bootleg" record album covers. 1977 saw William Stout's first movie poster, WIZARDS. He ultimately worked on the advertising for over 120 films. In 1977 he became the first American contributor to Heavy Metal magazine and held his first one man show, The Prehistoric World of William Stout. In 1978 Stout began his career in the film industry. He has worked on over 45 feature films, including the Conan films, First Blood, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Walt Disney’s Dinosaur, Masters of the Universe, The Hitcher and Pan’s Labyrinth (Stout’s work contributed to the film winning two of its Oscars and won Stout a 2006 Chesley Award). Return of the Living Dead made Stout the youngest production designer in film history. Stout was the original designer of the Predator and the Men In Black alien “Edgar”. He also contributed to Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige and Frank Darabont’s Stephen King’s The Mist. Stout's dinosaur illustrations and murals have appeared in many publications. In 1981 Bantam Books published Stout's bestselling landmark masterwork THE DINOSAURS-A Fantastic New View of a Lost Era, followed by The Little Blue Brontosaurus (the1984 Children's Choice Award recipient; adapted as The Land Before Time animated feature) and Ray Bradbury's Dinosaur Tales. Eleven Stout paintings were selected for inclusion in the traveling exhibition “Dinosaurs Past and Present” seen by over two million visitors at Smithsonian alone. Michael Crichton acknowledged Stout's work as inspiration for his book Jurassic Park. In 1993, Universal Cartoon Studios chose Stout to design a prime time animated series of Jurassic Park. Stout’s prehistoric paintings and murals are on permanent display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Walt Disney’s Animal Kingdom, the San Diego Natural History Museum, the San Diego Zoo, the Orton Geological Museum, the Museum of the Rockies, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science and the Lagoon Discovery Center (Carlsbad, CA). Stout worked for Walt Disney Imagineering from 1986 to 1989 as a conceptual designer, writer and producer for expansions to all their properties. He subsequently continued themed entertainment design for Disney, Universal and Landmark Entertainment Group. In 1995, Steven Spielberg made Stout Senior Concept Designer for GameWorks, a joint gaming arcade project between DreamWorks SKG, Universal and Sega. Since then Stout participated in designing themed entertainment centers such as Michael Jackson’s NeverLand, the Kansas City’s Wonderful World of Oz theme park as well as a Toronto Dinotopia.
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The Tree and the Crow
By William Stout
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Artist Statement “I love crows; I love Arthur Rackham’s dynamic pen and ink style of anthropomorphized trees—so, why not...
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2010s Other Art Style William Stout Art

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Ink, Watercolor, Board

The Fox and the Lion
By William Stout
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "2017 WM. Stout" on upper right Artist Statement "I drew and painted a series of Aesop's Fables that featured fox...
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2010s Realist William Stout Art

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Ink, Watercolor, Board

Dragon Sunset
By William Stout
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by American Legacy Fine Arts directly from the artist Signed "2007 W.M. Stout" on lower right Exhibited The Imaginary, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, California, March 10 – ...
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2010s Other Art Style William Stout Art

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

The Faun
By William Stout
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by American Legacy Fine Arts directly from the artist Signed "2006 W.M. Stout" on upper right Exhibited The Imaginary, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, California, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style William Stout Art

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Siegfried and the Bear
By William Stout
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Exhibitions William Stout: South Pasadena and Nordic Myths at The Raymond, Pasadena, CA, November 2, 20Provenance Acquire...
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2010s Realist William Stout Art

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Ink, Watercolor

The Flame Bird
By William Stout
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by American Legacy Fine Arts directly from the artist Signed "2001 W. M. Stout" on lower right Exhibited The Imaginary, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, California,...
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Early 2000s Other Art Style William Stout Art

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Brunhilde
By William Stout
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by American Legacy Fine Arts directly from the artist. Signed "Stout" on lower right Description William Stout is a multi-media artist who has won numerous awards for his artwork in pulp fiction, dioramas for natural museums, and film work, including two Conan movies, Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Pan’s Labyrinth. Stout’s painting, Brunhilde, represents a compilation of the artist’s interests and was inspired by the 19th-century composer Richard Wagner’s epic opera, The Ring of the Nibelung, as part of an art project with the Los Angeles Opera’s 2010 performance of The Ring. The subject, Brunhilde, is based on Norse mythology from the Medieval Poetic Edda and represents the story of a beautiful warrior maiden, a Valkyrie, who was cruelly deceived by her lover. Her father, the supreme god Odin, punished Brunhilde for disobeying him and caused her to fall into everlasting sleep surrounded by a wall of fire. The hero, Siegfried, crossed through the flames and woke the maiden with a kiss. In Stout’s version, Brunhilde is seen as a mighty Shieldmaiden and Valkyrie in the forest surrounded by spirit animals. The barred owl...
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2010s Other Art Style William Stout Art

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Ink, Watercolor, Illustration Board

Tinker Bell
By William Stout
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "2023 WM Stout" in lower right UNFRAMED: 15.75" x 11" FRAMED: 23.375" x 18.5" x 1.125" Artist Statement “‘Tinker Bell’ is ...
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2010s Realist William Stout Art

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Watercolor, Panel, Ink

Siegfried and Fafnir
By William Stout
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "2010 WM Stout" on bottom right. Description Siegfried and Fafnir was painted by William Stout in 2010 as part of...
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2010s Realist William Stout Art

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Ink, Watercolor

Scarecrow of OZ
By William Stout
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "1999 WM Stout" on upper right corner. Description Inspired by works of the great early 20th-century children’s book illustrators, such as Arthur Rackham, Kay Nielsen and Edmund Dulac, contemporary artist William Stout created a series of paintings depicting characters from popular children's stories and folktales. One of the characters from Stout's "Wizard of Oz" series is the Scarecrow...
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2010s Realist William Stout Art

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Ink, Watercolor

Gentle Peak, Eaton Canyon
By William Stout
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "WM Stout 2019" on lower left Artist Statement "Eaton Canyon is one of my favorite pl...
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2010s Realist William Stout Art

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Acrylic, Canvas

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