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Tyrus Wong: American Masters

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Season 31

Tyrus Wong's pioneering artwork led to iconic works like Bambi and Rebel Without a Cause.

Until his death at the age of 106, Tyrus Wong 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 had a pioneering impact on American art and popular culture.

AIR DATE 9/8/17

About Tyrus Wong: American Masters

An in-depth portrait of the art, life and enduring impact of Tyrus Wong, taking viewers on a journey from his birthplace in Guangzhou, China in 1910, to the boarding houses of LA’s old Chinatown and the studios of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Audiences may recognize Wong for his art exhibitions with Pablo Picasso, or for his visual work on Bambi and Rebel Without a Cause.

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