Dong Kingman, 89, watercolor artist
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Dong Kingman, a watercolorist whose work is in the
permanent collections of several major museums, died Friday of
pancreatic cancer. He was 89.
Kingman's work is represented in the permanent collections of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, the DeYoung Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, the Whitney Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute
of Chicago, and the Hirshhorn Museum.
Born in Oakland, Calif., in 1911, Kingman studied art and calligraphy in
Hong Kong, returning home to Oakland when he was 18 at the height of the
Depression. His first one-man show, when he was 20, was well received.
Kingman was a project artist for the Works Projects Administration from
1936 to 1941. He had his first New York show at Midtown Galleries in
1942.
Kingman had long been fascinated by the movies, and his watercolors also
were used to set the visual moods in films including ''Flower Drum
Song'' and ''55 Days at Peking.'' He served as a technical adviser to
''The World of Suzie Wong,'' starring William Holden and Nancy Kwan.
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Matthew Hubbard
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> Painter Dong Kingman Dead at 89
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> NEW YORK (AP) -- Dong Kingman, a watercolorist whose work is in the
> permanent collections of several major museums, died Friday of
> pancreatic cancer. He was 89.
We had a Kingman print in our house when I was a kid, and my mom
studied pastel work with him. Sorry to hear he's gone, though I'm glad
he's past the pain of pancreatic cancer.
Best wishes to his family, friends and fans,
MattH
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>> NEW YORK (AP) -- Dong Kingman, a watercolorist whose work is in the
>> permanent collections of several major museums, died Friday of
>> pancreatic cancer. He was 89.
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> We had a Kingman print in our house when I was a kid, and my mom
>studied pastel work with him. Sorry to hear he's gone, though I'm glad
>he's past the pain of pancreatic cancer.
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>Best wishes to his family, friends and fans,
>MattH
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He also had an 8mm movie out that showed him working on a painting as a very
young man, and explaining his motives for painting as he did. I watched it as
a freshman and sophomore in high school. Wish i had it now.
A true GENTLEman. Deepest sympathy to his family.
The art world has lost another true genius.
I bid thee peace..
THOS
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