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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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...