Rowland B. Wilson
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Rowland B. Wilson
Rowland Bragg Wilson (August 3, 1930 - June 28, 2005) was an American gag cartoonist and animation production artist who did watercolor cartoon illustrations for leading magazines, notably Playboy (beginning in 1967) and TV Guide. His work was usually signed Rowland B. Wilson.
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Born in Dallas, Texas, the young Wilson practiced drawing at the kitchen table after watching movies each Saturday. He received a bachelor's degree in fine arts at the University of Texas, where he drew cartoons for the college humor magazine, Texas Ranger. A number of those cartoons were reprinted by Dell's 1000 Jokes in an ongoing feature, "Varsity Varieties". This led to a series of caricature covers Wilson did for 1000 Jokes.[1]
Wilson did his graduate work in art history at Columbia University.[2] He was an art director with Young & Rubicam and moved to Weston, Connecticut. Wilson illustrated children's books and attracted much attention with his series of cartoons for a New England Life Insurance ad campaign. He also did book illustrations, including Steve Allen's Bigger Than a Breadbox.
His gag cartoons were published in Esquire, Playboy, The New Yorker, The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's and other magazines.[1]
Animation
In the early 1970s, Wilson did work for a London animation studio. When he returned to the United States, he created production art for Disney films, including The Little Mermaid, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Tarzan and Hercules. His wife, Suzanne Lemieux Wilson, did concept art on several animated features, including Titan A.E. and Anastasia.[3]
Wilson lived in La Costa, California. At age 74, he died of heart failure at Scripps Memorial Hospital in Encinitas, California.[2]
Books
- Rowland B. Wilson's Trade Secrets: Notes for Cartooning and Animation by Rowland B. and Suzanne Lemieux Wilson is slated for publication by Focal Press in June 2012.
Awards
He received a daytime Emmy for his animation on Schoolhouse Rock!
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