background painting of a bedroom chamber with wooden headboard and open window in gouache by a Disney Studio Artist for animated feature Cinderella

More Gorgeous Art from the Making of 1950’s Cinderella

To help celebrate the eagerly anticipated release of Cinderella, the spring issue of Disney twenty-three showcases visual-development images, courtesy of the Disney Animation Research Library, that inspired the making of Disney’s 1950 animated classic. We found the artwork so lavish and gorgeous that we wanted to share some more of this art with you. We hope you marvel at these images as much as we do—which we feel provide the perfect mood setting for the live-action Cinderella, which arrives in theaters on March 13, 2015.

illustration of Cinderella in long dress and with a cape over the dress
Visual development; graphite and gouache Disney Legend Mary Blair.

 

illustrations of Cinderella in several fancy dresses

Visual development; graphite, ink, and gouache Disney Legend Marc Davis.

illustrations in pen and ink of Cinderella asleep and pulling a pillow over her head as two small birds visit

Visual development; graphite, ink, and gouache Disney Legend Marc Davis.

illustration in graphite and ink of Cinderella waking up and speaking to a small bird on her bedpost

Visual development; graphite and ink Disney Legend Marc Davis.

illustration in graphite, ink and goache of Cinderella in various poses and sleeping gowns
Visual development; graphite, ink, and gouache Disney Legend Marc Davis.
illustration in graphite, ink and gouache showing Cinderella in four poses wearing drab dress and apron doing chores
Visual development; graphite, ink, and gouache Disney Legend Marc Davis.