Monday, February 18, 2013

Dong Kingman

Untitled, 1940

 
Friday Afternoon in San Francisco Bay




Dong Kingman (1911-2000) was a Chinese American artist, born in Oakland, and one of America's leading watercolor masters. As a painter on the forefront of the California Style School of painting, he was known for his urban and landscape paintings, especially his San Francisco scenes. He has won widespread critical acclaim and his works are included in over 50 public and private collections worldwide, including Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Brooklyn Museum; deYoung Museum and Art Institute, Chicago. His style favors the everyday and universality.


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