11 Facts About Walter Peregoy

Alwyn Walter "Walt" Peregoy was an American artist who was a color stylist and background artist for animated cartoons.

Walter Peregoy received little publicity over his career, but was acclaimed for his avant-garde style.

Walter Peregoy spent his early childhood on a small island in San Francisco Bay.

Walter Peregoy was nine years old when he began his formal art training by attending classes at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Berkeley, California.

At the age 17 Walter Peregoy dropped out of high school and went to work for Disney as an in-betweener.

In 1951, Walter Peregoy returned to the United States and resumed his career with The Walt Disney Studios.

Walter Peregoy continued to work at Disney for an additional 14 years.

Walter Peregoy was lead background painter on Sleeping Beauty before embarking on the most ambitious, intelligent, and personal effort, his work as color stylist and background artist on One Hundred and One Dalmatians, and The Sword in the Stone.

Walter Peregoy's work has been the subject of one Man Shows at: Stockton Museum, California; The University of Santa Clara, California; Galerie de Tour, San Francisco, California; Rutherford Gallery, San Francisco, California; Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, California; Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, California; Dickie Hall Gallery, Laguna, California; Jack Carr Gallery, Pasadena, California.

Walter Peregoy has participated in group shows at: National Gallery of Art, the Library of Congress and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Walter Peregoy died on January 16,2015, at the age of 89.