Elmer Plummer
Elmer Plummer was an American water colour painter, who was active at Warner Bros. Cartoons and the Walt Disney Animation Studios.Biography
Plummer was born in Redlands, California, in 1910 and attended military school in San Diego before receiving a scholarship to study at the Chouinard Art Institute, where he returned as a teacher in later life.
In 1934 he joined Warner Bros as a studio artist, then joined the Walt Disney Studios where he worked on films including Dumbo and Fantasia.
He was also active in water colour painting for the Works Progress Administration and as a member of the Painters and Sculptors of Los Angeles. He exhibited works at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Golden Gate International Exposition, and won awards from the Los Angeles Art Association, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Los Angeles County Fair, and California State Fair.
He retired to in Junction City, Oregon, where he died in 1986.
