UH film scholar Karen Fang tells us about the Disney classic’s lead production illustrator, Tyrus Wong, and how he shaped some of America’s best-loved imagery. Why Bambi? Well, it has to do with the ...

(SAN FRANCISCO) — Tyrus Wong, the 105-year-old lead artist for “Bambi,” was honored at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco Wednesday for the rich legacy he left on the art world. The San Francisco ...

Tyrus Wong, best known for his sketches for the Walt Disney animated feature "Bambi," died Thursday, according to a statement released by Wong was 106. "Legendary Disney artist Tyrus Wong had a gift ...

LOS ANGELES—In the late 1930s, when few doors were open to the son of a poor Chinese immigrant, Tyrus Wong landed a job at Walt Disney’s studio as a lowly “in-betweener,” whose artwork filled the gaps ...

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“Legendary Disney artist Tyrus Wong had a gift for evoking incredible feeling in his art with simple, gestural composition,” the museum said in its statement. Born in Canton, China, in 1910, Wong ...

The man whose drawing style inspired the classic children's film Bambi has died. CNN and the New York Times report Tyrus Wong died at age 106 on Friday. The Walt Disney Family Museum acknowledged Wong ...