Herbert Ryman

Herbert Dickens Ryman was an artist and Disney Imagineer. Ryman worked in watercolor, oils, and pen amp ink sketches. In 1953 Ryman drew the first illustrations of Walt Disneys vision of a theme park that eventually became Disneyland.

Ryman was born in Vernon, Illinois, son of Dr. Herbert D. Ryman and Cora Belle Ryman ne Norris . His family moved to Decatur, IL when he was age 9. While attending Millikin University, he became deathly ill with scarlet fever. His mother was opposed to his artistic ambitions and wanted him to pursue a medical degree. But as his sickness worsened, she told him that he could attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He graduated cum laude in 1932 from the Art Institute of Chicago.

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