David Rose

David Rose (March 10, 1910 – March 4, 2006) was an American artist, illustrator, and art director.

Early life Rose grew up in Boston as the son of first-generation Russian Jewish parents; he studied art in 1930s Haifa in the British Mandate of Palestine and the School of Music and Fine Arts in Boston. He graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art in 1934.

Career Rose worked as "an animator, a layout artist, a publicity artist, an art director, an illustrator and a designer" at Walt Disney Animation Studios, Warner Bros. Cartoons, and Universal Pictures. He was based in Los Angeles. Most of his work resides in the Smithsonian, Library of Congress, USC and UCLA Special Collections.

Personal life Rose married art teacher Ida Shapiro in 1945, and fathered two children with her, Marsha and Lisa. He died aged 95 in 2006 at his home due to complications from pneumonia. He is survived by his daughter and artist Lisa.