1911 - 1964
Born in
Greenwood, Mississippi, Joshua Meador became a painter and animator in
California. He graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago, and in 1935 moved to
California where until the 1960s, he lived in La Crescenta, and then moved to
Casper in Northern California. He died there on August 24, 1964 from a massive
heart attack caused by childhood congenital problems.
Although it has been rumored that Meador's paintings were purchased by Walt
Disney and exhibited at Disneyland, this is untrue. Disney had purchased the
paintings only while the artist was living, and Disney's collection of Meador
paintings consisted of about 50 paintings, which were and are displayed at the
various homes of Disney's heirs. Recently about 16 of these canvases were
returned by the Disney family to the family of the artist and were paintings
that had hung at Meador's Palm Springs home at the Smoke Tree Ranch. (Philip
Meador)
During his career as a special effect director, Meador worked for Disney
Productions. His credits include SNOW WHITE, BAMBI, FANTASIA and PINOCCHIO as
well as FORBIDDEN PLANET, in which he animated the Creature from the Id and all
of the electrical effects for this release from MGM Pictures.
In his spare time, he pursued his talent for fine-art painting, and in 1946,
began exhibiting his landscapes, harbor scenes, seascapes and city views. For
many of his paintings, he used a palette knife, and a popular subject for him
was the Mendocino Coast in Northern California.
After Meador's death, there were a couple of memorial one-man shows including
one at Barnsdale Park in Los Angeles and one at the Conacher Galleries in San
Francisco.
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