Harryhausen. A trip to the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh

[Welsh Wizard]

We’ve just been to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh to see the Ray Harryhausen exhibition.

 

The exhibition contains models and drawings that Ray Harryhausen made for his various movies.

 

It was a great exhibition and well worth a visit. It had all the models from my favourite films like Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans and the three Sinbad movies.

 

Why this thread on the fossil forum. Well Ray loved dinosaurs and he was lifelong friends with Ray Bradbury who also loved dinosaurs.

 

 

 

[Bobby Rico]

Love his (Ray Harryhausen's) work.  Gwangi for 30 year, cowboys and dinosaur the dream team of a movie. Are you still in Scotland ?

[Welsh Wizard]

1 hour ago, Bobby Rico said:

Love his (Ray Harryhausen's) work.  Gwangi for 30 year, cowboys and dinosaur the dream team of a movie. Are you still in Scotland ?

Nope. Back in England. Went to Mr Woods famous fossil shop but didn’t buy anything. 

[Bobby Rico]

6 minutes ago, Welsh Wizard said:

Nope. Back in England. Went to Mr Woods famous fossil shop but didn’t buy anything. 

I know that shop well. There are some great painting in Scottish National Gallery too.

 

i was going say you could gone to Fossil Grove in Glasgow.

[Shellseeker]

6 hours ago, Welsh Wizard said:

Why this thread on the fossil forum. Well Ray loved dinosaurs and he was lifelong friends with Ray Bradbury who also loved dinosaurs.

I was 4 years old ... My dad would not take me to Mighty Joe Young... too scary for a 4 year old..  Both Ray's were fantastic ... messing with an adolescent mind ...  I guess they had some input to my dreams...

Ray's works include the animation for Mighty Joe Young (1949), with his mentor Willis H. O'Brien, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects; his first color film, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958); and Jason and the Argonauts (1963), which featured a sword fight with seven skeleton warriors.

 

Thanks for sharing...

[Welsh Wizard]

2 hours ago, Shellseeker said:

I was 4 years old ... My dad would not take me to Mighty Joe Young... too scary for a 4 year old..  Both Ray's were fantastic ... messing with an adolescent mind ...  I guess they had some input to my dreams...

Ray's works include the animation for Mighty Joe Young (1949), with his mentor Willis H. O'Brien, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects; his first color film, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958); and Jason and the Argonauts (1963), which featured a sword fight with seven skeleton warriors.

 

Thanks for sharing...

Mighty Joe Young is an excellent film. Here’s the model:

 

[Welsh Wizard]

Here’s a few of the dinosaur drawings that Ray Harryhausen did:

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the other models:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bobby Rico]

12 hours ago, Welsh Wizard said:

Here’s a few of the dinosaur drawings that Ray Harryhausen did:

Wow great exhibition. The valley of Gwangi was one of the reasons I love them three toed horse as a kid and now. Did you get the exhibition catalog ?

Edited August 23, 2021 by Bobby Rico