Gustaf Tenggren

Gustaf Tenggren
Gustaf Tenggren with children 1950
Born
Gustaf Adolf Tenggren

November 3, 1896
Alingsås, Sweden
DiedApril 9, 1970 (aged 73)
Maine, United States
Burial placeSpruce Lawn Cemetery, Lincoln County, Maine, US
Occupation(s)Illustrator, animator
In Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Tenggren's presentation drawing depicts the major characteristics of each of the seven dwarves.

Gustaf Adolf Tenggren (November 3, 1896 – April 9, 1970) was a Swedish illustrator and animator. He is known for his Arthur Rackham-influenced fairy-tale style and use of silhouetted figures with caricatured faces. Tenggren was a chief illustrator for The Walt Disney Company in the late 1930s, in what has been called the Golden Age of American animation, when animated feature films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia, Bambi and Pinocchio were produced.