Disney artist Tyrus Wong on PBS American Masters

[robcat2075]

PBS's "American Masters" will take a look at the influential Disney concept artist Tyrus Wong on or about September 8 (check your local listings)

 

 

People worldwide have seen the Disney animated classic Bambi and been deeply moved by it, but few can tell you the name of the artist behind the film. Even fewer are aware of this pioneering artist’s impact on American art and popular culture. Until his death at the age of 106, Tyrus Wong (1910-2016) was America’s oldest living Chinese American artist and one of the last remaining artists from the golden age of Disney animation. The quiet beauty of his Eastern-influenced paintings caught the eye of Walt Disney, who made Wong the inspirational sketch artist for Bambi. Filmmaker Pamela Tom (A Tribute to Sir Sidney Poitier, Two Lies ) corrects a historical wrong by spotlighting this seminal, but heretofore under-credited, figure in American Masters: Tyrus, premiering nationwide Friday, September 8 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) in honor of the 75th anniversary of Bambi (August 1942).

 

 

 

 

 

I need a jacket like this to paint in...

 

[Wildsided]

That is a pretty slick looking jacket.

[Roger]

It's all about the jacket.

[robcat2075]

That's very 1940s. People dressed up, even to be messy.