Tyrus Wong
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Wong in 2014
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| Born |
Wong Gen Yeo October 25, 1910 Taishan, Guangdong, China |
| Died | December 30, 2016 (aged 106) Sunland-Tujunga, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Otis College of Art and Design |
| Known for | Film, mural, painting |
| Notable work | Bambi (1942) |
| Awards |
CAM Historymakers Award Disney Legends Award |
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| Traditional Chinese | 黃齊耀 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 黄齐耀 | ||||||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Huáng Qíyào |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Wong Chaiyiu |
Tyrus Wong (October 25, 1910 – December 30, 2016) was a Chinese-born American artist. He was a painter, muralist, lithographer, designer and kite maker. As a film production illustrator, Wong worked for Disney and Warner Brothers, including as the lead artist on Disney's 1942 film Bambi.
Wong was born Wong Gen Yeo on October 25, 1910 in Taishan, Guangdong, China. In 1920, when he was nine years old, Wong and his father emigrated to the United States, and never again came into contact with his mother and sister. Wong was initially held at the Angel Island Immigration Station, due to the Chinese Exclusion Act. There he was separated from his father while he waited to be questioned about his identity. Because most Chinese immigration was prohibited under the Chinese Exclusion Act, Wong and his father had to immigrate illegally under assumed identities as "paper sons" of Chinese American sponsors. After his release from Angel Island, he and his father initially relocated to Sacramento. His father later moved the family to Los Angeles.
While attending Benjamin Franklin Junior High in Pasadena, Wong's teachers noticed his artistic ability and he received a summer scholarship at the Otis Art Institute. Wong decided to leave junior high for a full-time scholarship at Otis. Wong's father survived on a more modest income, and Wong worked as a janitor at Otis. He walked for miles to attend classes. He graduated from Otis in the 1930s and began working in Hollywood.
Wong's career ranged from working as a Hallmark greeting card designer, to being a Warner Bros. film production illustrator (1942–1968), including drawing set designs and storyboards for several movies, and an inspirational sketch artist (1938–1941) for Disney.
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