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Born 1960 Canton, China. Known for: Marine and landscape painting.
Growing up in China, Calvin Liang was ordered to work on a farm when he graduated from high school, but kept up his obvious talent of drawing and painting. He later had a job painting sets at the... Read full biography
Growing up in China, Calvin Liang was ordered to work on a farm when he graduated from high school, but kept up his obvious talent of drawing and painting. He later had a job painting sets at the Canton Opera, and then studied at the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. In 1987, he left China for San... Read full biography
Growing up in China, Calvin Liang was ordered to work on a farm when he graduated from high school, but kept up his obvious talent of drawing and painting. He later had a job painting sets at the Canton Opera, and then studied at the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. In 1987, he left China for San Francisco where he worked at menial jobs and saved enough money to buy oil paints and other supplies. He also painted cartoons for Marine World and worked as a sidewalk portraitist. He joined the Artist... Read full biography
Growing up in China, Calvin Liang was ordered to work on a farm when he graduated from high school, but kept up his obvious talent of drawing and painting. He later had a job painting sets at the Canton Opera, and then studied at the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. In 1987, he left China for San Francisco where he worked at menial jobs and saved enough money to buy oil paints and other supplies. He also painted cartoons for Marine World and worked as a sidewalk portraitist. He joined the Artist Guild of San Francisco and exhibited with them. In 1997, he moved to Los Angeles and worked in the animation studios of Disney and then Nickelodeon. His animation credits include "Little Mermaid", "Cinderella Stories" and "Sponge Bob Square Pants.".... Read full biography
Growing up in China, Calvin Liang was ordered to work on a farm when he graduated from high school, but kept up his obvious talent of drawing and painting. He later had a job painting sets at the Canton Opera, and then studied at the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. In 1987, he left China for San Francisco where he worked at menial jobs and saved enough money to buy oil paints and other supplies. He also painted cartoons for Marine World and worked as a sidewalk portraitist. He joined the Artist Guild of San Francisco and exhibited with them. In 1997, he moved to Los Angeles and worked in the animation studios of Disney and then Nickelodeon. His animation credits include "Little Mermaid", "Cinderella Stories" and "Sponge Bob Square Pants.". He is a member of the Plein-Air Painters Association, the California Art Club, the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, and the Oil Pain... Read full biography
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Keywords (22)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Realism/Semi Impressionism
Art Subject
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Asia, Orient
- •China
Art Association
- •California Art Club-
- •Laguna Plein Air Painters Association
- •Oil Painters of America
Art School
- •San Francisco Academy of Art, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Miniature Specialty
- •Walt Disney Studio Artist, Productions/Commissioned
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Asian
- •Chinese
Exhibition of Art Association
- •California Art Club
- •Laguna Plein Air Painters Association-
- •Oil Painters of America-