Walt Disney Is it possible that a man who spent his childhood drawing farm animals on his uncle's farm, would in later years be labeled a Rembrandt? Born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Ill., Walter Elias Disney the fourth of five children had a hard life growing up. His family moved around alot, until they finally settled on his uncle's farm in Missouri (one hundred miles north east from Kansas City). With the small amount of spare time he had, Walt Disney spent it drawing. He realized at a young age how much he enjoyed it. Because the presence of the animals on the farm influenced him, he would sit down with no formal schooling and draw animals such as pigs, ducks, dogs, and even mice. Thi