The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
Photographs of Kingman, his family, and his work; and a New Yorker article about him.
Citation:
Dong Kingman papers, 1938-1942. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel NDA 15 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Originals returned to Lewis Ferbrache after microfilming.
Loan:
Loan
Related Materials:
Dong Kinman papers also at Syracuse University.
Biography Note:
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.
Language Note:
English .
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."
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
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