BarksBase: Paintings (Disney oil paintings of the 1980's and 1990's)

Wanderers of Wonderlands

1980 · 20x16

Published in 1981 as a lithograph (accompanying the limited edition of »Uncle Scrooge McDuck - His Life & Times«).

The Money Lender

1982 · 17.25x14

This is the 2nd of 2 paintings with a similar motif (see also 15-74).

Barks began this painting already in 1976; his original title for it seems to have been »The Money Collector«.

Published in 1997 as a lithograph by Another Rainbow.

The portrait paintings

Sailing the Spanish Main

1982 · 25x20 · masonite

1st lithograph of Another Rainbow (1982)

Based on WDC 108/0.

This is the 8th of 8 paintings with a similar motif (see also 13-71, 4-72, 13-72, 16-72, 16-73, 19-74, and 7-76).

The Sailboat paintings

An Embarrassment of Riches

1983 · 20x25 · masonite

CBL III/1/66

2nd lithograph of Another Rainbow (1983)

This is the 18th of 19 money-bin scenes.

Till Death Do Us Part

1983 · 25x20 · masonite

CBL IX/1/18

3rd lithograph of Another Rainbow (1983)

Based on a sketch from 1961 for Michael J. Cronin from the Harvard Business School (»Fortuna Favet Fortibus«).

»A 1934 Belchfire Runabout!«

1984 · 24x30 · masonite

4th lithograph of Another Rainbow (1984)

In Uncle Walt's Collectery

1984 · 25x20 · masonite

CBL IX/2/446

5th lithograph of Another Rainbow (1984)

Return to Morgan's Island

1985 · 24x30 · masonite

CBL IX/3/546

6th lithograph of Another Rainbow (1985)

Based on the non-Barks cover of FC 9.

Paintings based on covers

Afoul of the Flying Dutchman

1985 · 30x25 · masonite

CBL IV/3/684

7th lithograph of Another Rainbow (1985)

Illustrates US 25/2.

The Flying Dutchman paintings

Covers based on paintings

Dam Disaster at Money Lake

1986 · 20x25 · masonite

8th lithograph of Another Rainbow (1986)

Illustrates FC 386/2.

Dubious Doings at Dismal Downs

1986 · 20x25 · masonite

CBL II/3/642

9th lithograph of Another Rainbow (1986)

Illustrates FC 189/2.

First National Bank of Cibola

1987 · 25x20 · masonite

10th lithograph of Another Rainbow (1987)

Illustrates US 7/2 (see also 23-75).

Trespassers Will Be Ventilated

1987 · 20x25 · masonite

11th lithograph of Another Rainbow (1987)

Based on FC 456/0.

This is the 4th of 4 paintings with a similar motif (see also 11-72, 15-72, and 4-76) and the 8th of 8 paintings with Glittering Goldie.

The Back to the Klondike paintings

The Makings of a Fish Story

1988 · 25x20 · masonite

CBL VI/3/550

12th lithograph of Another Rainbow (1988, retitled »No One Will Ever Believe This« for distribution in Japan)

Illustrates US 68/1.

Return to Plain Awful

1989 · 24x30 · masonite

13th lithograph of Another Rainbow (1989)

Based on the 5th panel of p. 17 of FC 223/2.

The Lost in the Andes paintings

Holiday in Duckburg

1989 · 24x30 · masonite

CBL VI/2/386

14th lithograph of Another Rainbow (1989)

An Astronomical Predicament

1990 · 25x20 · masonite

15th lithograph of Another Rainbow (1990)

Illustrates US 29/1.

The Stone That Turns All Metals Gold

1991 · 25x20 · masonite

17th lithograph of Another Rainbow (1991)

Illustrates US 10/2.

Flying Dutchman

1991 · 24-72 · masonite

Illustrates US 25/2.

This is the 3rd of 3 paintings with a similar motif (see also 23-72 and 25-72).

Barks began this painting already in 1972.

The Flying Dutchman paintings

Mardi Gras before the Thaw

1992 · 24x30 · masonite

18th lithograph of Another Rainbow (1992)

Rich Finds at Inventory Time

1994 · 28x34

2nd serigraph of Disney Art Editions (1994)

This is the 19th of 19 money-bin scenes.

Surprise Party at Memory Pond

1994 · 22x28

3rd serigraph of Disney Art Editions (1994)

»Happy Hour«

1995/1996 · 14x11

»Merry Christmas!«

1995/1996 · 12x10

2nd lithograph of Edition 313 (1996)

Illustrates FC 178/2.

Heat Wave

1996 · 16x20/12x16?

Based on WDC 95/0.

Barks began this painting already in the 1970's.

Published in 1997? as a serigraph by Disney/Carl Barks Studio Edition.

Paintings based on covers

Eureka! A Goose Egg Nugget!

1996 · 14x11

I Wonder What My Fortune Cookie Says

1996/1997 · 16x20/11x14?

Published in 1997 as a serigraph by Disney/Carl Barks Studio Edition.

Old Castle Secret

1996/1997 · 16x20

Illustrates FC 189/2.

»Scrooge Smokewriting Dollar Signs«

1997 · 18x14

Based on US 39/0.

Paintings based on covers