Art You Grew Up With was a UK-based specialist art company that was founded in 1995 by Russell Singler. They focus on classic and original character based artwork. Singler still currently owns and runs the company.
Company history
Art You Grew Up With initially started out as an individual gallery called the Animation Art Gallery near Oxford Circus before relocating to County Hall at the London Film Museum. It was during this time that the Fine Art publishing arm expanded and the company grew to become Art You Grew Up With; they now supply work to galleries on a global scale. Subsequently, show rooms have opened in Selfridges, London and House of Fraser, Manchester while a new show room is scheduled to open in Birmingham in November 2011.
About Art You Grew Up With
Art You Grew Up With supply a wide and varied selection of art ranging from Animation art to Comic art, Music art to Film art, Pop art to Fine art. They are the official fine art publisher to some of the nations favourite characters such as the
Mr Men,
Mr Benn,
Paddington Bear, Beano & Dandy, ''
SpongeBob SquarePants
''SpongeBob SquarePants'' (or simply ''SpongeBob'') is an American animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It chronicles the adventures of the title character a ...
'' and
Noddy to name but a few. They have also recently taken Elmo, Grover and all the
Sesame Street Gang in to the fine art world for the first time.
Media
The Animation Art Gallery & Art You Grew Up With have been featured in BBC News on BBC Radio 4, the Guardian and in the Telegraph online.
See also
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Animation
Animation is a method by which image, still figures are manipulated to appear as Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent cel, celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited ...
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Pop Art
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Fine Art
In European academic traditions, fine art is developed primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from decorative art or applied art, which also has to serve some practical function, such as pottery or most metalwork ...
References
External links
Art You Grew Up With
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Defunct companies based in London
Companies established in 1995
British animation studios
Art museums and galleries in London
1995 establishments in England
Art museums and galleries established in 1995