Artist
Dong Kingman
American, 1911–2000
Dong Kingman was an American American Impressionism artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Dong Kingman was born in Oakland.
Overview
Dong Kingman (Chinese: 曾景文; pinyin: Zéng Jǐngwén, 31 March 1911 – 12 May 2000) was a Chinese American artist 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, as well as his graphic design work in the Hollywood film industry. He has won widespread critical acclaim and his works are included in over 50 public and private collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Brooklyn Museum; deYoung Museum; Art Institute of Chicago; and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
Documentary
The 2011 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival featured a unique interactive presentation of James Wong Howe's 1953 Dong Kingman film documentary.
Partial list of awards and honors
San Francisco Art Association First Purchase Prize, 1936. Chicago Art Institute International Watercolor Exhibition Award, 1941. Guggenheim Fellowships, 1941 and 1942. Audubon Artists Medal of Honor, 1946. National Academy of Design, elected associate 1946. Received academy competition awards in 1963, 1971, 1975, 1977, including the 150th Anniversary Gold Medal Award. Philadelphia Watercolor Club competition awards, 1950 and 1968. American Watercolor Society competition awards, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1997. American Watercolor Society Dolphin Medal Award, 1987. Metropolitan Museum of Art Award, 1953. Pennsylvania Academy of Art Award, 1953. U.S. Department of State International Cultural Exchange, 1954. Audubon Artists Award, 1958. San Diego Art Gallery Award, 1968 Detroit Museum Award Academy of Art College San Francisco Honorary Doctorate for Human Letters, 1987.
Articles
"Dong Kingman's U.S.A.". Life. May 14, 1951. pp. 100–102. "Official Dispatch: Artist records his mission on 40-foot painted scroll". Life. February 14, 1955. pp. 66–70. Kingman, Dong; Collier, James Lincoln. "Hong Kong: My City of Typhoons and Tigers". Boy's Life. pp. 24-26, 40. Cotter, Holland. "Dong Kingman: A Watercolorist with a Sense of Humor". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 17, 2000.
Books
James, Monte (2000). Dong Kingman, An American Master. New York, San Francisco, Hong Kong: M. James Fine Art. ISBN 0-9658333-0-5.
Collections represented
Museum
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