Yoakum's work has been exhibited in over 50 galleries, associations, museums, festivals, schools, colleges, fairs and art shows. He also contributed paintings to a number of invitational group shows including two in Mexico. He received over 30 awards and his paintings also received national recognition in art publications, including a number of art books and several art magazines over the years.
Personal life
Del was married to his wife Barbara Yoakum for over 50 years. He had three children; Robert, Bob and Cathleen. He lived in Sedona, Arizona for more than 25 years. He was a lifelong Democrat and a committed Christian, who even painted Christ's Crucifixion (which hangs in England's Coventry Cathedral) and Resurrection (which is in the permanent collection of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Sedona).
Publications
Who's Who in American Art
Who's Who in the West
American Artist Magazine
Newport Magazine Cover
The Illustrator (Magazine)
Dictionary of International Biography
Art News Magazine
International Directory (Cambridge, England)
"Landscapes" (Book), Davis Publications, Inc., 1977
[The Disneyland Railroad Grand Canyon Diorama] was painted under the supervision of seasoned Hollywood scenic painter, Delmer Yoakum. Del and his artists used over 300 gallons of paint in 14 colors to complete the realistic depiction of a day in the life of the Grand Canyon. Del was an inspired choice for this job, he was famous for his paintings of desert landscapes.
(Lucas O. Seastrom, Welcome to the Disneyland Railroad Grand Canyon Diorama Tribute!!)
External links
Ask Art: Del Yoakum
Delmer J. Yoakum Artwork /Filmed by Robert D. Yoakum on YouTube
This Day in Disney History: DEC 06
Road-Runner! book featuring paintings of Del Yoakum's "Delmer J. Yoakum of Sedona did beautiful watercolor paintings of roadrunners which were used for the front and back covers of the book."
Ask ART: Henry Lee McFee
Ask ART: Phil Dike
Ask ART: Rico Lebrun
February 24, 2023
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia s quality standards The specific problem is needs work Please help improve this article if you can August 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations February 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Delmer J Yoakum December 6 1915 October 25 1997 was an American fine artist oil and watercolor painter designer serigrapher Disneyland and Hollywood motion picture studio scenic artist Delmer J YoakumBornDecember 6 1915St Joseph MissouriDiedOctober 25 1997 1997 10 25 aged 81 Political partyDemocratic Contents 1 Early life 2 Professional life 3 Personal life 4 Publications 5 Memberships 6 Awards 7 Permanent collections 8 Exhibited 9 Quotations 10 External linksEarly life EditDel Yoakum was born in St Joseph Missouri Throughout his childhood he was surrounded by artists His mother was a painter After dismissing his hope of studying music painting became his passion As a boy in the late 1930s he received a scholarship for four consecutive years to study each summer with Thomas Hart Benton at Kansas City Art Institute After serving in the United States Navy during World War II he came to Los Angeles and studied with Henry Lee McFee Phil Dike and Rico Lebrun and at Chouinard Art Institute Jepson Art Institute and the University of Southern California s Roski School of Fine Arts Professional life Edit Del Yoakum left working with another artist to paint the dioramic Grand Canyon scene at Disneyland Yoakum s occupation was that of a Painter Designer Motion Picture Artist in Hollywood California from 1952 1972 Over 21 years he worked for Paramount 20th Century Fox and MGM and did special assignments for Walt Disney Studios During this time he also did his own fine art painting in his own studio Among his many accomplishments during his long career he painted the Grand Canyon and Primeval World Diorama scenery viewable from the train of Disneyland Railroad portions of Pirates of the Caribbean It s a Small World and the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland in California He also painted scenery for movies such as The Shoes of the Fisherman for which he recreated the panel about the life of Moses and parts of the Last Judgment by Michelangelo for the interior of the Sistine Chapel MGM Studios He created the city of Jerusalem for The Robe which won the 1953 Academy Award for Best Art Direction Set Decoration Color after which he created a fantastic 600 foot cyclorama that backed the safari camp set of The Snows of Kilimanjaro Other films he created dioramic scenes for included Billy Wilder s Some Like It Hot nominated for the 1959 Best Art Direction Set Decoration Black and White Oscar The King and I Niagara Alfred Hitchcock s North by Northwest the Mount Rushmore scene and many others During his term at 20th Century Fox he also worked on many of the Marilyn Monroe pictures and even one of the Elvis Presley movies Yoakum s work has been exhibited in over 50 galleries associations museums festivals schools colleges fairs and art shows He also contributed paintings to a number of invitational group shows including two in Mexico He received over 30 awards and his paintings also received national recognition in art publications including a number of art books and several art magazines over the years Personal life EditDel was married to his wife Barbara Yoakum for over 50 years He had three children Robert Bob and Cathleen He lived in Sedona Arizona for more than 25 years He was a lifelong Democrat and a committed Christian who even painted Christ s Crucifixion which hangs in England s Coventry Cathedral and Resurrection which is in the permanent collection of St Luke s Episcopal Church in Sedona Publications EditWho s Who in American Art Who s Who in the West American Artist Magazine Newport Magazine Cover The Illustrator Magazine Dictionary of International Biography Art News Magazine International Directory Cambridge England Landscapes Book Davis Publications Inc 1977 Arizona Highways Magazine 1981 Road Runner Book Cover 1985 1 American Artists Book 1985 The California Style Book 1985 Sedona Heritage Arizona Artists Book 1997 Kudos Magazine 2006Memberships EditNational Watercolor Society Past President 1961 and Honorary Life Member Inglewood Art League Honorary Life Member Artist Equity Board Member 1951 through 1955 National Society of Literature and the Arts Sedona Art Center Sedona ArizonaAwards Edit Del left with his painting Sunset Express at an art show in the city of Avalon where he won Best of Show in 1967 National GI Exhibit Grand Prize 1948 Santa Monica CA Adahl Hyde Morrison Silver Medal 2nd Award Oakland CA Frye Museum Edouvard Manet Award 1958 Seattle WA Santa Monica Arts Ass n 1st Prize 1948 amp 1949 Santa Monica CA Hawthorne Methodist Church Grand Award Hawthorne CA Deluca Award Las Vegas NV Inglewood Art League 1st Award Inglewood CA California State Fair Honorable Mention Award Riverside Art Ass n 3rd Award 1966 Riverside CA Downey Museum of Art Honorable Mention Award 1969 City of Avalon Best of Show 1967 Avalon CA see image at right John Marin Memorial Award Watercolor USA 1971 St Raymonds 1st Prize 1971 Thousand Oaks CA Hawthorne Art Festival 2nd Award 1971 Hawthorne CA Arches Paper Award National Watercolor Society 1971 Inglewood Art League 1st Award 1970 Inglewood CA Hawthorne Art Festival 1st Award 1970 Hawthorne CA San Bernardino Art Ass n 2nd Award San Bernardino CA Catalina Art Ass n Honorable Mention Award 1967 Catalina Art Ass n 3rd Award 1968 California State Fair Honorable Mention Award 1966 Sacramento CA Frye Museum Honorable Mention Award 1963 Seattle WA Inglewood Art League Best of Show 1969 Arizona State Fair Honorable Mention Award 1973 Arizona State Fair Cash Award 1974 Arizona State Fair Public Appeal Award 1980 Arizona State Fair 1st Place Cash Award 1984 Arizona State Fair Honorable Mention Award WC 1986 Coconino County Fair 1st Prize 1973 and 1974 Laguna Beach Museum of Art Award National Watercolor Society 1975 Jerome Art Center 1st Prize WC 1985 Best of Show WC 1985 Winslow AZ 1st Place Oil 1985 Winslow AZ 1st Place WC 1985 Winslow AZ Honorable Mention Award Oil Winslow AZ WC Water Color Permanent collections EditButler Institute of American Art Oil San Diego Art Museum Watercolor National Watercolor Society purchase Motion Picture Art Director Newport High School Las Vegas art Association Nevada Power and Electric Glendale Federal Savings and Loan Glendale Ca Brussels Belgium Page J Thibodeaux Washburn School Coventry Cathedral Coventry England Oil St Luke s Episcopal Church Sedona AZ Oil Sedona High School Sedona Chamber of Commerce Many Private CollectionsExhibited EditLos Angeles Museum 1947 1950 1952 1954 1955 1957 and 1958 Denver Museum 1953 1954 and 1960 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 1957 1969 and 1970 The Butler Institute of American Art 1953 1955 1957 1959 1964 1967 1971 1975 1978 1980 1985 Oakland Art Museum 1949 1950 1952 1957 1966 and 1967 San Diego Art Museum 1954 Watercolor USA 1966 1968 1973 and 1975 University of Washington 1954 Hawthorne Art Festival 1967 1969 and 1971 National Watercolor Society 1954 1956 1976 1980 1982 1985 DeYoung Museum 1962 Los Angeles Art Association 1946 1949 1951 and 1953 Frye Museum 1958 1959 1961 1965 Newport High School 1953 1957 1959 1961 American Artist Galleries 1949 National Orange Show 1947 1949 1952 1956 1957 1964 1966 and 1967 Arizona State Fair 1948 1973 1977 1980 1986 John Ringling Museum 1959 and 1960 Long Beach Museum 1959 1960 and 1962 San Francisco Art Association 1959 Dulin Gallery of Art 1964 Virginia Museum 1958 and 1962 Las Vegas Art Association 1959 1963 1965 and 1968 Pasadena Museum 1954 1955 1957 1959 and 1961 Palos Verdes Art Gallery 1958 and 1969 Henry Gallery 1954 Richmond Art Gallery 1958 1969 and 1963 Pacific Art Festival 1949 California Palace Legion of Honor 1955 1957 1959 and 1961 Wichita Kansas Centennial 1970 St Raymonds Thousand Oaks California 1970 Tucson Art Museum 1964 Los Angeles Miracle Mile 1965 1966 1968 Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery 1946 1948 and 1950 California State Fair 1951 1955 1958 1962 1966 1968 and 1970 Inglewood Art League 1961 1969 Riverside Art Association 1966 and 1971 Riverside National Date Festival Exhibit 1966 Santa Monica Art Association 1949 and 1958 Downey Museum of Art 1969 Los Angeles City Art Festival 1965 1971 Catalina Art Association 1966 1971 Cerritos College 1967 La Mirada Art Association 1967 and 1968 Laguna Beach Art Show 1969 Los Angeles Home Show 1967 and 1978 Mainstreams Marietta Ohio 1968 Glendale Fine Arts Center Glendale AZ 1984 and 1985 Sedona Arts Center Sedona AZ 1981 and 1986 Winslow AZ 1985 and 1986 Jerome Art Center Jerome AZ 1986 Santa Paula 1958 1961 1963 1967 1968 and 1970 Grand Canyon Diorama Disneyland 1958 presentQuotations EditPainting became my life If I had to do it all over again I d do the same thing but I d be better at it I paint for myself I hope people like what I do and if it can give them some happiness and enjoyment I feel it s all been worthwhile Regarding Del Yoakum Del Yoakum seeks to express the spiritual qualities which link the personal with the universal Les Krantz American Artists It is not difficult to convince anyone that Del Yoakum s work will meet the test of time Isabel McCord Stroud Sedona Heritage Arizona Artists The Disneyland Railroad Grand Canyon Diorama was painted under the supervision of seasoned Hollywood scenic painter Delmer Yoakum Del and his artists used over 300 gallons of paint in 14 colors to complete the realistic depiction of a day in the life of the Grand Canyon Del was an inspired choice for this job he was famous for his paintings of desert landscapes Lucas O Seastrom Welcome to the Disneyland Railroad Grand Canyon Diorama Tribute External links EditDelmer J Yoakum Hollywood Scenic Artist Ask Art Del Yoakum Multibello Delmer J Yoakum Delmer J Yoakum Artwork Filmed by Robert D Yoakum on YouTube This Day in Disney History DEC 06 Welcome to the Disneyland Railroad Grand Canyon Diorama Tribute Road Runner book featuring paintings of Del Yoakum s Delmer J Yoakum of Sedona did beautiful watercolor paintings of roadrunners which were used for the front and back covers of the book Ask ART Henry Lee McFee Ask ART Phil Dike Ask ART Rico Lebrun Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Delmer J Yoakum amp oldid 1136804732, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
