Paper Son [electronic resource] : The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist
Leung, Julie2021
eAudioBook
Find it!
Winner of the American Library Association's 2021 Asian/Pacific American Award for Best Picture Book! Before he became an artist named Tyrus Wong, he was a boy named Wong Geng Yeo. He traveled across a vast ocean from China to America with only a suitcase and a few papers. Not papers for drawing--which he loved to do--but immigration papers to start a new life. Once in America, Tyrus seized every opportunity to make art, eventually enrolling at an art institute in Los Angeles. Working as a janitor at night, his mop twirled like a paintbrush in his hands. Eventually, he was given the opportunity of a lifetime--and using sparse brushstrokes and soft watercolors, Tyrus created the iconic backgrounds of Bambi.Julie Leung and Chris Sasaki perfectly capture the beautiful life and work of a painter who came to this country with dreams and talent--and who changed the world of animation forever.
Main title:
Author:
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Listening Library, 2021
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
ISBN:
9780593461013
Language:
English
BRN:
3192407