Illustration Art

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ANTON LOEB (b. ?-1976) was a cartoonist, illustrator and theatrical animator. Loeb illustrated a few children's books in the late 1940s, including a collection of Aesop's Fables in a book called Storytime Favorites, and The Little Train that Won a Medal. (1947), which was "inspired" by Thomas the Tank Engine. Loeb worked primarily as Paramount's lead theatrical animator throughout the 1950s, and then moved on to TV animation in the 1960s, doing primarily background art. He worked for the Fleischer Brothers, who produced the Popeye cartoons and did the illustrations for Allan Chaffee's version of The Wizard Of Oz, adapted from L. Frank Baum's 1900 classic original.

This original art was done for The Little Train that Won a Medal (Wonder Books, 1947). The image area of the art measures 16.5" x 10.5" and the art is in very good condition, with tape residue in the margins.