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1911 San Jose, California - 1983 Bakersfield, California. Known for: Town-harborscape, animal and genre painting, teaching.
Founder of a well-known watercolor workshop in Asilomar, California, Jade Fon became a California plein-air* painter whose work combined Oriental influences and regionalism called "California... Read full biography
Founder of a well-known watercolor workshop in Asilomar, California, Jade Fon became a California plein-air* painter whose work combined Oriental influences and regionalism called "California Style*." His subjects range from cityscapes to wildlife in natural surroundings. In the art world, he was... Read full biography
Founder of a well-known watercolor workshop in Asilomar, California, Jade Fon became a California plein-air* painter whose work combined Oriental influences and regionalism called "California Style*." His subjects range from cityscapes to wildlife in natural surroundings. In the art world, he was called "Jade Fon", although his full name was Jade Fon Woo. He was born in San Jose, California and was raised in Winslow, Arizona and attended the University of Arizona at Flagstaff before continuing... Read full biography
Founder of a well-known watercolor workshop in Asilomar, California, Jade Fon became a California plein-air* painter whose work combined Oriental influences and regionalism called "California Style*." His subjects range from cityscapes to wildlife in natural surroundings. In the art world, he was called "Jade Fon", although his full name was Jade Fon Woo. He was born in San Jose, California and was raised in Winslow, Arizona and attended the University of Arizona at Flagstaff before continuing his higher education at the University of New Mexico. In the 1930s, he moved back to California where he attended the Art Students League in Los Angeles and exhibited with the California Water Color Society*. He was a movie studio scenic artist and... Read full biography
Founder of a well-known watercolor workshop in Asilomar, California, Jade Fon became a California plein-air* painter whose work combined Oriental influences and regionalism called "California Style*." His subjects range from cityscapes to wildlife in natural surroundings. In the art world, he was called "Jade Fon", although his full name was Jade Fon Woo. He was born in San Jose, California and was raised in Winslow, Arizona and attended the University of Arizona at Flagstaff before continuing his higher education at the University of New Mexico. In the 1930s, he moved back to California where he attended the Art Students League in Los Angeles and exhibited with the California Water Color Society*. He was a movie studio scenic artist and worked on Gone With the Wind. From the mid-1940s, Jade Fon lived in San Francisco from w... Read full biography
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Founder of a well-known watercolor workshop in Asilomar, California, Jade Fon became a California plein-air* painter whose work combined Oriental influences and regionalism called "California Style*." His subjects range from cityscapes to wildlife in natural surroundings. In the art world, he was called "Jade Fon", although his full name was Jade Fon Woo.
He was born in San Jose, California and was raised in Winslow, Arizona and attended the University of Arizona at Flagstaff before continuing his higher education at the University of New Mexico. In the 1930s, he moved back to California where he attended the Art Students League in Los Angeles and exhibited with the California Water Color Society*.&n...But wait, there's more...
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