Drawing on paper 11 x 8 in. Attributed or manner of Virgil Walter Ross (August 8, 1907 – May 15, 1996) was an American artist, cartoonist, and animator best known for his work on the Warner Bros. animated shortsHis introduction to cartooning was in high-school, where he took a class in that art form. He started drawing title cards for silent films before moving into animated films. Early work was done for Charles B. Mintz (later Screen Gems), Ub Iwerks studio, and then on to Walter Lantz, where he began working on developing Oswald the Rabbit and met Tex Avery. When Avery moved to work for Leon Schlesinger in 1935 on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, he took Ross with him.[1] Ross spent about 30 years there, first under Avery's supervision, and then, after Avery left in 1941, Bob Clampett. Ross moved to Friz Freleng's animation unit after a year of animating for Clampett, as according to him, he claimed to be uncomfortable around Bob because he felt that his animation/drawing hasn’t met his expectations. Ross would spend his career with Friz for many years to come, animating some of Freleng’s most renounced shorts. In 1944, Schlesinger sold the company and it became Warner Bros. Cartoons.