Maurice Day

Maurice "Jake" Day (July 2, 1892 – May 17, 1983) was an American artist, sculptor, photographer,

Early life Maurice Ellicott Day was born in Damariscotta, Maine in the Day family homestead that his great-grandfather built in 1892. He attended school at Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, Maine, studied art and painting at the Massachusetts College of Art and graduated from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 1915.

Unpersuaded, Disney reportedly said, "Prove it," For nine months, animators drew the fawns as they aged into adulthood and lost their spots. Shortly after, the model for Bambi died and the model for Faline was transported to Griffith Park Zoo in Los Angeles, where she became a mother.

In the mid-1940s, Day began to experiment in creating dioramas; entering a local holiday decoration competition. With his first entry, an Eskimo village, a Day household Christmas tradition began that spanned 70 years. Displayed in the front window of the Day home on Bristol road in Damariscotta, some measuring six feet in length, both adults and children throughout the town gathered annually to view the dioramas.

At age 78, Day climbed Mount Katahdin with then governor Ken Curtis. He planned to climb again on his 80th birthday in 1973, except there were "too many black flies." Day's son "Mac" continued his father's legacy by spending time with outdoor sporting friends known as "Jake's Rangers"; a group originally made famous in articles by Edmond Ware Smith in the magazine Field and Stream.

Filmography Year Film title Role Studio 1938 The Merbabies Layout Artist Disney 1940 The Milky Way Illustrator MGM 1942 Bambi Illustrator / Researcher Disney