Te Wei | |
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simplified Chinese: 特伟; traditional Chinese: 特偉; pinyin: Tè Wěi | |
Born | Sheng Song (Chinese: 盛松) August 22, 1915 |
Died | February 4, 2010 | (aged 94)
Known for | The Proud General |
Awards | ASIFA Prize 1995 [1] |
Te Wei (simplified Chinese: 特伟; traditional Chinese: 特偉; pinyin: Tè Wěi; 22 August 1915 in Shanghai – 4 February 2010 in Shanghai)[2][3] was a Chinese manhua artist and animator. He is probably best known for the 1956 short animated film The Proud General. From about 1960, he worked in an ink-wash animation style that was influenced by the painter Qi Baishi. Not permitted to carry on his animation during the Cultural Revolution, Te Wei regained a position of artistic influence in the late 1970s and the 1980s with a series of animated films in painterly style.