Tyrus Wong - Wikipedia
WEBThis exhibit showcased the works of Tyrus Wong, who at the age of 93, is one of the earliest and most influential Chinese American artists in the United States. In his long, pioneering career as a local artist, Wong is a seasoned painter, muralist, ceramicist, lithographer, designer, and kite maker.
Tyrus Wong - Hammer Museum
WEBOften hailed for his watercolors and ceramics, Wong was influenced in part by his Otis mentor Stanton Macdonald-Wright, who encouraged his student's combination of traditional Chinese brushwork, taken from both calligraphy and landscape painting, and natural subjects in movement.
How Tyrus Wong Spent 106 Years Making the World More Beautiful
WEBIn his long and varied career, Wong developed a pioneering style, achieving brilliance as a painter, film illustrator, muralist, ceramicist, lithographer—even as a kite maker (above). Yet the...
How Tyrus Wong’s Christmas Cards Captivated the American Public
WEBIn a glass-fronted, sunlit studio on a wooded ravine in the San Fernando Valley, Tyrus Wong spent summer weekends painting Christmas imagery with a bamboo paintbrush while listening to Harry...
Tyrus Wong - Museum of Chinese in America
WEBTyrus Wong (1910-2016) was one of the most influential Asian American artists of the 20th century, most celebrated for his work as lead production designer in Disney’s Bambi. He was born in Guangdong during the era of Chinese Exclusion.
Tyrus Wong: The Man Who Helped Create a Classic Animated Film
WEBWong was the lead production illustrator on Disney’s 1942 film Bambi, in which his lush pastel paintings served as the forest backdrop for the iconic animated characters. Wong's delicate...
Illustrating the Holidays: Christmas Cards by Tyrus Wong
WEBDec 21, 2023 · After the Second World War, a colleague who had worked with Wong at Disney encouraged him to design Christmas cards. Creating artwork for Christmas cards became a way for many Hollywood studio artists like Wong to supplement their income. Wong's Christmas card designs combined Eastern and Western art traditions.
The prolific work of Tyrus Wong: Disney, Warner Bros., and …
WEBSep 5, 2017 · Over his career, Wong’s atmospheric, emotive and poetic paintings inspired animated films for Disney, live-action cinema for Warner Bros., greeting cards for Hallmark, and dinnerware for ...
Meet The Chinese-American Artist Behind The Evocative Look Of ... - NPR
WEBMar 28, 2015 · The Walt Disney Studio's artists used Tyrus Wong's paintings as a guide for the forest backgrounds of Bambi. His work is featured in a new exhibit at the Museum of Chinese in America.
Tyrus | Biography | American Masters - PBS
WEBHis masterful calligraphic brushwork, Sung Dynasty-inspired landscapes and emphasis on eliminating all but the essential details evolved into a style that is found in everything from his fine art...
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