Tyrus Wong

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Chinese American artist illustrator painter person

Tyrus Wong was a Chinese American artist and illustrator renowned for his influential, atmospheric style in animation and film, particularly at Walt Disney Studios and later at Warner Bros.

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Label Occurrences
Tyrus Wong canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese American ⓘ
artist ⓘ
illustrator ⓘ
painter ⓘ
person ⓘ
awardReceived Disney Legend ⓘ
birthName Wong Gen Yeo ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1910-10-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2016-12-30 ⓘ
employer Walt Disney Studios ⓘ
Warner Bros. Entertainment ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
ethnicGroup Chinese American ⓘ
familyName Wong ⓘ
fieldOfWork animation ⓘ
film ⓘ
fine art ⓘ
illustration ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Tyrus ⓘ
heritage Chinese ⓘ
immigratedTo United States of America ⓘ
languageSpoken Cantonese ⓘ
English ⓘ
movement California watercolor movement ⓘ
name Tyrus Wong self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableFor influential background art for Bambi ⓘ
pioneering Asian American presence in Hollywood animation ⓘ
notableWork Bambi ⓘ
occupation artist ⓘ
concept artist ⓘ
illustrator ⓘ
painter ⓘ
production illustrator ⓘ
placeOfBirth China ⓘ
Guangdong Province ⓘ
surface form: Guangdong

Taishan ⓘ
placeOfDeath California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Los Angeles ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
style atmospheric style ⓘ
workedOn animated films ⓘ
greeting cards ⓘ
live-action films ⓘ

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Bambi → artDirector → Tyrus Wong ⓘ
subject surface form: Bambi (1942 film)
Tyrus Wong → name → Tyrus Wong self-link ⓘ