Elmer Plummer (November 6, 1910 - December 31, 1986) was an American water color painter who was active and worked at

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and

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Biography

Plummer was born in Redlands, California, in 1910 and attended military school in

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before receiving a scholarship to study at the

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, where he returned as a teacher in later life. In 1934, he joined Warner Bros as a studio artist, then joined the Walt Disney Studios where he worked on films including ''Fantasia'' and ''Dumbo''. He was also active in water colour painting for the

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and as a member of the Painters and Sculptors of Los Angeles. He exhibited works at the

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, the

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, and won awards from the

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, the

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, and the Los Angeles County Fair, and California State Fair. He retired to in

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, where he died in 1986, at his age of 76.

Filmography

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* American animators American male painters Walt Disney Animation Studios people Warner Bros. Cartoons people 1910 births 1986 deaths {{US-animator-stub