Presented By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies
China Ongoing Perspectives | CHOP presents a film screening of Tyrus (2015)
A documentary about the renowned Chinese American artist Tyrus Wong whose paintings became the inspiration for the classic animated feature Bambi.
U-M FILM SERIES co-sponsored by the Asia Library and the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies
Admission is free and open to the public
Film screening (73 minutes) and Q&A with discussant Yan Zhong
Note: This is an in-person event. Please complete the ResponsiBLUE Screening before your arrival. Light refreshments will be provided.
People worldwide have seen the Disney animated classic Bambi and been deeply moved by the aesthetic renderings of nature and wildlife in the film. The pioneering artist behind this work is Tyrus Wong (1910-2016), one of the most gifted 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 spotlights this seminal, but heretofore under-credited figure, showing how Tyrus overcame a life of poverty and racism to become a celebrated painter who once exhibited with Picasso and Matisse, became a Hollywood sketch artist, and has been recognized since 2001 as a “Disney Legend.” Previously unseen art and interviews, movie clips, and archival footage illustrate how his unique style – melding Chinese calligraphic and landscape influences with contemporary Western art – impacted many aspects of American art in the twentieth century.
Discussant: Yan Zhong
Yan Zhong is a lecturer at the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. She has published multiple novels, essays, and books in Chinese and worked for four years as a literary editor at the Changchun Film Studio in China. Her research interests include Chinese pop culture (music and film), and she is currently working on a book project introducing the history and technical achievements of Chinese animation films.
Admission is free and open to the public
Film screening (73 minutes) and Q&A with discussant Yan Zhong
Note: This is an in-person event. Please complete the ResponsiBLUE Screening before your arrival. Light refreshments will be provided.
People worldwide have seen the Disney animated classic Bambi and been deeply moved by the aesthetic renderings of nature and wildlife in the film. The pioneering artist behind this work is Tyrus Wong (1910-2016), one of the most gifted 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 spotlights this seminal, but heretofore under-credited figure, showing how Tyrus overcame a life of poverty and racism to become a celebrated painter who once exhibited with Picasso and Matisse, became a Hollywood sketch artist, and has been recognized since 2001 as a “Disney Legend.” Previously unseen art and interviews, movie clips, and archival footage illustrate how his unique style – melding Chinese calligraphic and landscape influences with contemporary Western art – impacted many aspects of American art in the twentieth century.
Discussant: Yan Zhong
Yan Zhong is a lecturer at the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. She has published multiple novels, essays, and books in Chinese and worked for four years as a literary editor at the Changchun Film Studio in China. Her research interests include Chinese pop culture (music and film), and she is currently working on a book project introducing the history and technical achievements of Chinese animation films.
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