Robert Gribbroek (March 16, 1906 – October 13, 1971) was a layout artist and background painter at the
Warner Bros. Cartoons
Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. was an American animation studio, serving as the in-house animation division of Warner Bros. during the Golden Age of American animation. One of the most successful animation studios in American media history, it was ...
from 1945 until 1964. He was first credited in
Chuck Jones
Charles Martin Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, director, and painter, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of shorts. He wrote, produ ...
' ''Lost and Foundling'' (1944), and he worked mainly for Jones until 1952 when he joined
Robert McKimson
Robert Porter McKimson Sr. (October 13, 1910 – September 29, 1977) was an American animator and illustrator, best known for his work on the ''Looney Tunes'' and '' Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons from Warner Bros. Cartoons and later DePa ...
's unit (Jones, meanwhile, replaced him with
Maurice Noble
Maurice James Noble (May 1, 1911 – May 18, 2001) was an American animation production designer, background artist and layout designer whose contributions to the industry spanned more than 60 years. He was a long-time associate and right-hand man ...
).
After the Warner's cartoon unit closed, he rejoined Jones at the
MGM cartoon department. He retired in 1965. His last original credited work was as a layout artist on the 1966
Spanish animated feature ''
El mago de los sueños
''El Mago de los sueños'' (''The Dream Wizard'') is a 1966 Spanish animated
Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent ...
'' (though Gribbroek would be credited on later Warner compilation specials/features, for his work on the classic Warner cartoons).
Gribbroek was not a highly celebrated artist during his career, but many cartoon fans have since come to admire his work.
Gribbroek was born near
Rochester,
New York
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to Edward C. and Ada O. Gribbroek but studied art in
Taos
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*** Taos art colony, an art colo ...
,
New Mexico, where he later died in 1971, at the age of 65.
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1906 births
1971 deaths
Background artists
American animators
Warner Bros. Cartoons people
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