Creator:

Kingman, Dong, 1911-2000  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

Extent:

22 Items

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1938-1942

Scope and Contents:

Photographs of Kingman, his family, and his work; and a New Yorker article about him.

Biographical / Historical:

Dong Kingman (1911-2000) was a Chinese American painter and illustrator based in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City. Kingman taught at Columbia University and Hunter College. He worked for the Works Progress Administration.

Related Materials:

Dong Kinman papers also at Syracuse University.

Provenance:

The lender, Lewis Ferbrache, collected papers for AAA from artists and administrators of the various government funded art programs of the Depression. It was part of a larger nation-wide, collecting project, "New Deal and the Arts."

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Illustrators  Search this

Painters  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts -- California -- San Francisco -- Archival resoureces  Search this

Art and state -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Watercolor painting -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Asian American painters  Search this

Asian American illustrators  Search this

Chinese American art  Search this

Chinese American artists  Search this

Asian American educators  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.kingdong

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d709ed15-5d08-4a0c-9086-52e5a8c88378

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-kingdong