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1946 Portland, Oregon - 1999 San Francisco, California. Known for: Urban city view painting, portraits, ceramics, set design.
Martin Wong (July 11, 1946 – August 12, 1999) was a U.S. painter of the late twentieth century. He was born in Portland, Oregon and raised in the Chinatown district of San Francisco. He studied... Read full biography
Martin Wong (July 11, 1946 – August 12, 1999) was a U.S. painter of the late twentieth century. He was born in Portland, Oregon and raised in the Chinatown district of San Francisco. He studied ceramics at Humboldt State University, graduating in 1968. Through college and for another 10 years he... Read full biography
Martin Wong (July 11, 1946 – August 12, 1999) was a U.S. painter of the late twentieth century. He was born in Portland, Oregon and raised in the Chinatown district of San Francisco. He studied ceramics at Humboldt State University, graduating in 1968. Through college and for another 10 years he was active in the San Francisco Bay Area art scene, including stints as a set designer for the performance art groups The Cockettes and Angels of Light. He was openly gay. In 1978 he moved to Manhattan,... Read full biography
Martin Wong (July 11, 1946 – August 12, 1999) was a U.S. painter of the late twentieth century. He was born in Portland, Oregon and raised in the Chinatown district of San Francisco. He studied ceramics at Humboldt State University, graduating in 1968. Through college and for another 10 years he was active in the San Francisco Bay Area art scene, including stints as a set designer for the performance art groups The Cockettes and Angels of Light. He was openly gay. In 1978 he moved to Manhattan, eventually settling in the Lower East Side, where his attention turned exclusively to painting. According to Wong, his move to New York was precipitated by a friendly challenge:. “I made ceramics and did drawings at arts fairs. I was known as the... Read full biography
Martin Wong (July 11, 1946 – August 12, 1999) was a U.S. painter of the late twentieth century. He was born in Portland, Oregon and raised in the Chinatown district of San Francisco. He studied ceramics at Humboldt State University, graduating in 1968. Through college and for another 10 years he was active in the San Francisco Bay Area art scene, including stints as a set designer for the performance art groups The Cockettes and Angels of Light. He was openly gay. In 1978 he moved to Manhattan, eventually settling in the Lower East Side, where his attention turned exclusively to painting. According to Wong, his move to New York was precipitated by a friendly challenge:. “I made ceramics and did drawings at arts fairs. I was known as the 'Human Instamatic.' It was US$7.50 for a portrait. My record was 27 fairs in one day. Friends said to me, 'If you're so good, why don't you... Read full biography
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About Martin Wong: Keywords
Keywords (19)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Painting, Fine Art
- •Theatre Scene Painting, Stage/Set Design for Television and/or Movies
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Ceramics
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Performance Art, Happenings
Art Subject
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Chinatown in Any North American City
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •New York City
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
- •Urban Scene, City Genre
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Axelrod Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Added Description
- •Collaborative Artwork, Collaboration
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Chinese