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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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Keywords (38)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Harbor, Harbour View
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Spanish Missions, California
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Arizona Before 1945
- •California Before 1940
- •Monterey, Carmel California
- •New Mexico Before 1940
Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •California Watercolor Society
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Animal Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Genre Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
- •California Watercolor Society-
- •San Francisco Art Association