Artist Bambi deceased

los angeles - The Chinese-American artist Tyrus Wong's Friday deceased. He was the one who animated film Bambi 1942 gave its final appearance, with lush landscape paintings that suggested more paint than were actually drawn.

Walt Disney Museum reported Saturday touched deeply by the death of Wong. The artist was 106.

And Asian immigrant Wong had much to do with racism. That made a long time after the release of Bambi is not aware that he had designed the film about the legendary deer. Only in 2001 Tyrus Wong was named 'Disney Legend'.

Shortly after the release of Bambi Wong was fired from Disney in the aftermath of a major strike by the artists, which he himself had not participated but which were severely disrupted industrial relations.

Later Wong worked as a draftsman for Warner Brothers. He also drew Christmas cards for Hallmark and he painted kites.