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The Orient is Hong Kong - View from Kowloon (c1962)

Dong Kingman

22.75" x 34.75"
Printed in Hong Kong
Linenbacked
T1547

Vintage travel poster promoting travel to Hong Kong. Artwork by Chinese-American watercolourist Dong Kingman. Issued by the Hong Kong Tourist Association, circa 1962. Linenbacked. Light crease to bottom right corner.

 

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Dong Kingman

Dong Kingman (1911-2000) was a Chinese American artist born in California but educated in Hong Kong. He is recognized as one of the leading watercolour masters and a pioneer of the California school of painting. Kingman was the recipient of nearly every major award for watercolours including two Guggenheim Fellowships (1942/1943), a Metropolitan Museum of Art Award (1975) and the American Watercolor Society's Dolphin Medal (1987). His work is represented in the permanent collections of 50 museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum and Museum of Modern Art.