Learn all the facts about the great art Clokey

Art Clokey was a popular personality in the field of stop motion claymation.

He was born in Detroit, Michigan in October 12, 1921. His real name was Arthur Clokey.

Clokey gained his popularity thanks to the famous film Gumbasia which he produced in association with his wife Ruth. This movie had a special claymation character named “Gumby” who got center stage not only in the short film but also in the hearts of viewers.

Gumbasia was a short film of 3 minutes 34 seconds in length. It was the couple’s first foray into the field of claymation. Since then, Gumby and his horse Pokey have had a popular presence on various television shows. Today, Gumby’s popularity has grown to such an extent that many cartoon channels have featured the character on their television shows. The appearance of the special character of Art Clokey in the television series began with “Howdy Doody Show” and then The “Adventures of Gumby”.

The childhood of this great entertainer was full of setbacks that began with the divorce of his parents due to personal altercations.

Divorce brought her the most difficult situation where she had to choose between her parents. Although it was difficult to accept reality, but fate had the ways of her. Clokey, although young, accepted the harsh reality and living with his father; Meanwhile, his mother married someone else in California.

It was just the beginning of trouble for young Arthur; many more waited in his path.

After forgetting all the bad memories of the troubled days of the time that led to his parents’ separation, Arthur started a new life with his father.

But dreams of a bright future were soon shattered by the untimely death of her father. In this situation, the lonely girl had no choice but to move to her mother’s new home in California.

Although he seemed fine at first and provided him with a new abode, here even trouble followed him. Now it was his stepfather who kicked him out of the house and into an orphanage.

Even after living a life full of sadness and bad experiences, the boy had hope in his eyes that blossomed with his formal adoption by Joseph W. Clokey. Joseph W. Clokey was a classical music composer who used to teach music at Pomona College in Claremont, California.

It was Mr. Clockey who gave Arthur the quality he is known for by admitting him to an art school.

This environment at school made him an expert in stop motion claymation and eventually led to the discovery of the famous character Gumby.

This great personality departed for the heavenly abode on January 8, 2010 at his home in California. She was 88 years old. Although he is no more, the character of him Gumby will keep him alive in the hearts of viewers forever. People will continue to enjoy their sense of imagination whenever the Gumby character takes center stage.