Google Doodle pays tribute to artist Mary Blair

Search giant Google on Friday marked the 100th birth anniversary of American artist Mary Blair - best remembered for her work with The Walt Disney Company - with one of its patented Doodles. Visitors to Google's homepage were greeted with a stylized logo reminiscent of Blair's art style. As in the past, clicking on the Google Doodle will take the visitor to a Google search results page on "Mary Blair." Mary Robinson Blair was born on Oct. 21, 1911 in Oklahoma and worked in the animation industry, according to an article on Techie-Buzz.com. She began her lifelong multifaceted art career in the 1930’s as a member of the prestigious California Watercolor Society, according to the MagicofMaryBlair.com website. By 1940, she was working for Walt Disney and in 1941 her passionate “explosion of color" style began to emerge during the Disney Studios “South American Goodwill Tour." She continued to make extensive contributions to the “world" of Walt Disney off and on for over 30 years. Some of the films she influenced include: