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Birth
1911 (San Jose, California)
Death
1983 (Bakersfield, California)
Lived/Active
California
Often Known For
town-harborscape, animal and genre painting, teaching
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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 (showing 500 of 2868 characters). |
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