| Born April 26,
1916 in New York
City, New York. 1918 Moved to Hollywood, CA.
1927-1930 Traveled throughout Mexico, Cuba, Spain, France, England,
Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, And Corsica.
1929 First exhibition in Ascain, France.
1934 Assistant Sketch Artist at United Artist's Studio.
1935 Lived in Mexico for one year to paint.
1936 Exhibitions at Laguna Beach Art Association and at galleries in
Hollywood and Beverly Hills, CA.
1937 Bicycled across the United States, painting 42 watercolors and
writing a ten thousand word diary.
1938 First New York City one-man exhibition of watercolors at the Charles
Morgan Galleries.
Designed three different magazine covers for AT&T.
One-man exhibition of watercolors Boise, Idaho.
One-man exhibition of watercolors at Raymond & Raymond Galleries, Beverly
Hills, CA.
Participant in group exhibition of watercolors.
Norwegian American Art Association, New York City, New York.
1939 One-man exhibition of watercolors at the Charles Morgan Galleries,
New York City.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, purchased a watercolor for their
permanent collection.
Started Christmas Card company.
Created eight covers for the architectural magazine PENCIL POINTS while in New
York.
Created and painted a mural in the home of poet William Carlos Williams,
Rutherford, New Jersey. Drafted into the Navy and painted 210 portraits.
1944 Created and painted a mural for the Jacksonville Naval Ait Station,
Jacksonville, Florida.
1947 Joined American Artists Group which has published over 600 of
Earle's designs and sold over 300,000,000 of his Christmas cards during the past 50 years.
1948 Exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum.
Presented with an award at the Califonia Art Association Exhibition.
1951 Started witht the Walt Disney Studios as background painter on: FOR
WHOM THE BULLS TOIL, MELODY, and the Academy Award winner for "Best Short of the
Year" TOOT, WHISTLE, PLUNK and BOOM which also received a Cannes Film Festival Award.
Production Designer, Color Stylist and Background Painter for the DIsney animated classic
SLEEPING BEAUTY, as well as, PIGS IS PIGS, GRAND CANYONSCOPE, PAUL BUNYAN, LADY AND THE
TRAMP, LONDON BRIDGE, and WORKING FOR PEANUTS.
Designed 5 murals for Disneyland.
1954 Designed inside Christmas cover for Readers Digest.
1958 Joined John Sutherland Motion Picture Company in Los Angeles.
1960-1966 Created 24 sheet poster for Hamm's Beer.
Started motion picture animation company, Eyvind Earle Productions, Inc.
Created animated commercials for Chevrolet Motors, Chrysler Corporation,
Marlboro Cigarettes, Motorola Television and the Kellogg Cereal Company.
Created animated trailer for WEST SIDE STORY for United Artists.
1961 Created animated television special THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS staring
Tennessee Ernie Ford and the Roger Wagner Choral.
1962 Created animated television special THE EASTER SPECIAL.
Created title for the KRAFT SUSPENSE THEATER.
Created the logo trademark trailer for Universal Pictures.
Produced and created the theatrical short DEATH AND SUNRISE
1968 Moved to Solvang, CA.
One-man exhibitions at the Copenhagen Gallery, Solvang; the
Conacher Gallery, San Francisco; and the Zantman Gallery, Carmel, CA.
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Received
First Prize Gold Medal at the National Exhibition THE STORY OF CALIFORNIA IN ART.
Received a Purchase Award from the Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, Arizona.
1969-1970 One-man exhibition at the Copenhagen Gallery, Solvang; the
Conacher Gallery, San Francisco; and the Zantman Gallery, Carmel, CA.
1972 One-man exhibition at the Copenhagen Gallery, Solvang.
Exhibition at the Downey Art Museum, Downey, CA.
1973 Participated in traveling exhibition of twelve prominent American
Artists which included Norman ROckwell.
Participated in group exhibition at the Grand Central Galleries, New York City.
1974 First publication of limited edition serigraphs by Circle Fine Art,
Chicago, IL.
1977 One-man exhibiton at the Cody Gallery, Los Olivos, CA.
1978 Moved to Yorktown Heights, New York.
1979 First one-man exhibition at the Hammer Galleries, New York City.
Hammer Publishing begins publishing serigraphic and lithgraphic limited
editions.
One-man exhibition of oils at the Conacher Galleries, San Francisco.
1980 One-man exhibition of watercolors at the Hammer Galleries, New York
City.
1981 One-man exhibition of serigraphs at the Hammer Galleries, New York
City.
1984 Moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1986 One-man exhibition, the Upstairs Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA.
Two oils included in the permanent collection of the Rahr-West Art Museum,
Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
1987 One-man traveling exhibition of oils and graphics throughout Japan.
One-man major exhibitions in Los ANgeles, Gallery Americana, Carmel, CA.
1988 Moved to Carmel CA.
One-man traveling exhibition of oils and graphics throughout Japan.
One-man exhibition of oils, watercolors, and graphics at the Upstairs Gallery,
Beverly Hills; the Upstairs Gallery, Costa Mesa; the Conacher Galleries, San Francisco;
Gallery Americana, Carmel; and the Chabot Galleries, San Jose, CA.
1991 Publication of illustrated autobiography HORIZON BOUND ON A BICYCLE,
and the raisonne of serigraphs produced to date, THE COMPLETE GRAPHICS OF EYVIND EARLE and
Selected Poems and Writings, 1940-1990.
The One-man major exhibition EYVIND EARLE 75 YEARS in Los Angeles in celebration
of the artist's 75th birthday.
One-man exhibition at the Hammer Galleries, New York City.
1992 One-man exhibition at the Conacher Galleries, San Francisco, CA.
1993 One-man exhibition at the Reid Galleries, Carmel.
Serigraph installed at the ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS ' ART
MUSEUM.
1994 One-man exhibitions at the Conacher Galleries, San Francisco, Gallery
21, Carmel.
1995 One-man exhibition at the Behm Galleries, Seatlle, WA.
1996 Major One-man exhibition at Gallerie Adrienne, San Francisco.
Publication of the COMPLETE CHRISTMAS CARD ART OF EYVIND EARLE, illustrated with
over 800 original designs completed over a 57 year period.
1997 One-man exhibition at the Gallery One, Denver, CO.
One-man exhibition at the Chabot Galleries, Campbell, CA.
1998 One-man exhibition at the Gallery 21, Carmel CA.
April 2000 Gallery 21 Hosted the 84th Birthday
Exhibition of Eyvind EarleTM The Artist of the 21st
Century welcomed the New Mellinium!!
July 20, 2000 - Eyvind Earle passed away.
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