Dong Kingman, Coastline, California

Dong Kingman

American · 1911–2000 · Painter, Draughtsman

Dong Kingman 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… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Dong Kingman, Lijiang River with Elephant Trunk Hill in the Distance, Guilin, China, watercolor on paperLijiang River with Elephant Trunk Hill in the Distance, Guilin, ChinaBonhams · $10,200≈ £4,986≈ €6,930Sign up to see
  2. Dong Kingman, Navy Day, 1939, pencil and watercolor on paperNavy DayBonhams · $9,400≈ £4,974≈ €7,247Sign up to see
  3. Dong Kingman, Freighter at Dock, 1939, watercolor on paperFreighter at DockBonhams · $7,800≈ £3,963≈ €4,970Sign up to see

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Dong Kingman 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; de Young Museum; Art Institute of Chicago; and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

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Born 1911, OaklandDied 2000, ManhattanOccupation Painter, DraughtsmanWikidata Q5295749 ↗ULAN 500028862 ↗Museum works 5

Also known as Don Kingman, Dong M. Kingman, Dong Moy Chu, Dong Moy Chu Kingman, Dong Moy Shu Kingman, Dong Muy Chu Kingman, Doug Kingman, Tseng Ching-wen

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Dong Kingman, Coastline, California
Coastline, California1938
Smithsonian American Art Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Smithsonian American Art Museum
Dong Kingman, Land's End
Land's End1939
Smithsonian American Art Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Smithsonian American Art Museum
Dong Kingman, Landscape H
Landscape H1937
Smithsonian American Art Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Smithsonian American Art Museum
Dong Kingman, Southern Pacific Depot in the Morning
Southern Pacific Depot in the Morning1940
Smithsonian American Art Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Smithsonian American Art Museum
Dong Kingman, Kearney Street (San Francisco)
Kearney Street (San Francisco)1940
Detroit Institute of Arts ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Detroit Institute of Arts

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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