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Tyrus Wong, whose paintings served as visual inspiration for Disney’s animated classic “Bambi,”
died Friday, Dec. 30. He was 106.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/30/movies/tyrus-wong-dies-bambi-disney.html?_r=0
"Wong was born in China in 1910 and emigrated to the U.S. with his father in 1919, landing at the Angel Island detention center in San Francisco. He received a full scholarship from the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles.
In 1938 Wong was hired as an “inbetweener” at Walt Disney Studios, drawing sketches of Mickey Mouse. Then, according to the museum:
When he heard that the studio was in pre-production on the feature film Bambi, he went home and painted several pictures of a deer in a forest. The small, but evocative sketches captured the attention of Walt Disney and became the basis for the film’s visual style. Walt Disney saw that Tyrus was able to produce exquisite artwork that did not necessarily look like the forest — but rather, felt like the forest. Walt’s vision for Bambi and use of Tyrus’ work still influences films today.”
There's a documentary, but it isn't on DVD yet.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2531928/
died Friday, Dec. 30. He was 106.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/30/movies/tyrus-wong-dies-bambi-disney.html?_r=0
"Wong was born in China in 1910 and emigrated to the U.S. with his father in 1919, landing at the Angel Island detention center in San Francisco. He received a full scholarship from the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles.
In 1938 Wong was hired as an “inbetweener” at Walt Disney Studios, drawing sketches of Mickey Mouse. Then, according to the museum:
When he heard that the studio was in pre-production on the feature film Bambi, he went home and painted several pictures of a deer in a forest. The small, but evocative sketches captured the attention of Walt Disney and became the basis for the film’s visual style. Walt Disney saw that Tyrus was able to produce exquisite artwork that did not necessarily look like the forest — but rather, felt like the forest. Walt’s vision for Bambi and use of Tyrus’ work still influences films today.”
There's a documentary, but it isn't on DVD yet.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2531928/
