Originally Posted By mousermerf Linky: <a href="http://www.space.com/news/space-artist-robert-mccall-obit-cs-100301.html" target="_blank">http://www.space.com/news/spac...301.html</a> You can see a lot of his work here: <a href="http://www.mccallstudios.com/" target="_blank">http://www.mccallstudios.com/</a> But most folks around there parts will likely remember this piece from Horizons: <a href="http://www.mccallstudios.com/album/slide16.html" target="_blank">http://www.mccallstudios.com/a...e16.html</a>
Originally Posted By brotherdave Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. He was truly very gifted. It's a shame that the Horizons mural was removed (or was it covered over?) after only a few years. Unfortunately, I never got to see that mural in person as my first trip to EPCOT in which Horizons was open was in 1986 and it was no longer there.
Originally Posted By Manfried As I recall, he did a few murals for EPCOT. I believe there was also one at the entrance to Spaceship Earth during the first few years.
Originally Posted By Manfried I haven't ridden Spaceship Earth for a few years. Will make it a point to do so on my next visit. Maybe there's a current photo somewhere?
Originally Posted By leobloom That's interesting. I didn't know he also did the SSE mural. That's one of those things that still screams Epcot Center to me.
Originally Posted By DlandDug "The Prologue and the Promise" was also featured as a tri-fold cover for the Walt Disney productions 1983 Annual Report. A note inside the front cover says: "'The Prologue and the Promise,' the spectacular 19-by-60-foot canvas featured in the new Horizons Pavilion presented by General Electric at Epcot Center, is the work of famed space/science fiction artist Bob McCall. While the mural depicts humankind's progress through the ages, it focuses on a bright future-- a subject we find most appropriate for both the cover and the theme of this report."
Originally Posted By DlandDug Links: <a href="http://www.mccallstudios.com/g3/slide5.html" target="_blank">http://www.mccallstudios.com/g...de5.html</a> <a href="http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/blog/2009/12/16/horizons-mural-the-prologue-and-the-promise-high-res.html" target="_blank">http://www.imagineeringdisney....res.html</a>
Originally Posted By brotherdave I'm assuming that the mural was in the exit corridor for Horizons, correct? Does anyone know why was it removed or covered over so quickly? It had to do dissapear sometime before May of 1986 when I first got to experience this wonderful attraction, my favorite of all the EPCOT Center attractions ever built! I really wish it was still there today...Mission Space left me cold and nauseated. I have no desire to ever experience MS again!
