Q. Who painted this forest and where does it exist?

A. It was painted by Tyrus Wong and it is the forest that Walt Disney’s fictional fawn Bambi lives in. Perhaps you did not recognize this forest since you are more familiar with the cartoonized drawings of Bambi and the other animals. The forest in which Bambi is placed, however, is classically drawn in the style of a Chinese brush painting giving the film its lasting, powerful, complex, and haunting beauty. Also, despite their cartoon appearance, Bambi and the other animals move with perfect anatomical correctness, and all are hand drawn, another reason why this is possibly the greatest achievement in animation of all time.