Walt Disney (1901-1966) is certainly one of the most original creators of the 20th century. Although he was not the inventor of animated film, he was the first to bring it to a universal audience.
The outstanding success of his films ranks them among the models of American mass culture, to the extent that audiences forget their extraordinary beginnings.
Popular culture and highbrow culture typically ignore one another and the links between them have seldom been explored. Walt Disney’s feature-length animated films, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937, until The Jungle Book in 1967, are striking examples of reciprocal influence of these two cultures. Taking this approach, the exhibition brings together original drawings from the Disney studios and the works and creations of Western art which inspired them.
