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今日はタイラス・ウォン生誕108周年を記念するGoogleのロゴになっています。
この人物は1910年生まれで、2016年に106歳で亡くなっておりかなり長命でした。
いったいどういう人なのか。
Googleの説明を読みましょう。



Along the beach in Santa Monica, California, on the fourth Saturday of every month, an elderly gentleman could
=海沿いに
be found flying kites with his wife and three daughters. The panda bears, butterflies, and centipedes floating in
　　　　＝凧揚げ　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　=ムカデ類
the breeze were of his own design.

Today’s Doodle honors the life and legacy of Tyrus Wong (born Wong Gen Yeo) the Chinese-American artist

responsible for some of the best-known images in American popular culture. Drawing inspiration from Chinese
=　ーーの貢献者である

artists of the Song Dynasty, Wong applied his unique vision to paintings, prints, and even the Walt Disney film
　　　　　　=宋(中国の王朝)
Bambi.

Born on this day in 1910 in a village in southern China’s Guangdong Province, ten-year-old Wong and his father

traveled to America seeking a better life. After living a short time in Sacramento, they eventually settled in Los
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Angeles.

Although Wong’s father recognized his love of art from an early age, he could only afford for Wong to practice

calligraphy using water and newspapers as well as study Chinese art at the Los Angeles Central Library.　

There,　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

he was introduced to his favorite paintings, the spare landscape paintings of the Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD).
　　　　=紹介される　　　　　　　　　　　　　　=風景画

In junior high school, Wong earned a scholarship to the Otis Art institute, supporting himself as a waiter in
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Chinatown. He and fellow artists like Benji Okubo and Hideo Date formed the Oriental Artists’ Group of Los
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Angeles, organizing shows of their work. In 1932, Wong’s work was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago

along with works by Picasso, Matisse, and Paul Klee.
=ピカソ、マティス、パウル・クレーの作品と一緒に

In 1938, Wong was hired by Walt Disney Studios as an "inbetweener" intern (illustrators who create the
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sketches between key animator sketches, forming the movement of a character or object), drawing thousands
=原画家　　　　　　　　　　　　=動き

of illustrations that were photographed to make animated films. His most notable work was on the Disney film
=著名な

Bambi, where he served as a lead illustrator, profoundly influencing the art of the beloved classic.
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Unfortunately, when Bambi hit theaters in 1942, Wong was only credited as one of many “background artists,”
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leading his major contributions to go unrecognized for years.
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Wong went on to work for Warner Brothers, drawing and painting storyboards that shaped the look of other
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landmark Hollywood films like The Wild Bunch, Sands of Iwo Jima, and Rebel Without A Cause−all of which
　　　　　　　　　　　　　=「ワイルドバンチ」1969年の映画　=「硫黄島の砂」1949年の映画 =「理由なき反抗」1955年の映画　

earned Academy Award nominations.

The artist’s contributions to Hollywood went largely unrecognized until 2001, when he was named a “Disney
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Legend.” Twelve years later, the Walt Disney Family Museum also staged a career retrospective “Water to
=回顧展

Paper, Paint to Sky.”


「映画バンビ」に多大な影響を与えた、タイラス・ウォンについてでした。