Barney Rubble

Description

The Official Chuck Jones Virtual Experience is pleased to offer HANNA BARBERA fans a “Barney Rubble” Original work by Willie Ito.

Legendary Disney animator and creator, Willie Ito (1934-present) worked for three classic Hollywood animation studios: Disney (Lady and the Tramp famous spaghetti scene), Warner Brothers, and Hanna-Barbera (Jetsons, Yogi Bear, and more) creating feature films, cartoons, and comics. At Warners, Ito was the assistant animator and layout artist on the cartoons ‘No Barking’ (1954), ‘One Froggy Evening’ (1955), and ‘What’s Opera, Doc?’ (1957).

Ito received the Golden Award from the Motion Picture Cartoonist Guild, the Pacific Citizen’s APA award, an Inkpot Award (2014), and the NJAHS Legacy Award. A Boy of Heart Mountain’ won the 2010 Independent Publishers Book Award for “Best Multicultural Children’s Fiction Book”. In 2020 he received the Winsor McCay Award. Willie Ito is truly a legend and icon in the art world!

This rare, limited-edition artwork was created by animation director-artist, Willie Ito from his vast portfolio of original and limited-edition works of art.

The inspiration for this work of art came from an original by Willie Ito based on the 1960 classic cartoon The Flintstones.

The Original artwork is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.