Chinese Artists Club

San Diego Union 

(California) 

July 29, 1929 

Chinese Artists Have Creditable First Exhibition 

Bay City Hangings Show Versatile Work of Orientals in Modernistic Field. 

Four Chinese artists, Sam Wong, C.J. Lee, Howard Louie and Watson Lim, are represented in the first exhibition held by the Chinese Artists’ club this month in the Chinese high school building, on Stockton street, San Francisco.

Paintings, drawings and studies in various mediums are included in the showing of these young artists, all of whom have studied at the California School of Fine Arts.

Wong is represented by 30 canvases besides his drawings and other studies. He uses color in the modern manner, makes a bid for serious consideration with good drawing and freshly conceived design.

Watson Lim’s work shows a strong Oriental cast with little influence from his Occidental training.

Lee contributes a portrait of the commander-in-chief of the Chinese armies, Chiang Kai Shek, which occupies a place of honor, and Louie shows creditable landscapes of the Monterey coast.

(Next post June 22: Watson Lim in Chicago)

Chinatown Artists Club

American Art Annual

Volume 34
American Federation of Arts
MacMillan Company, 1937

Chinatown Artists Club
639 Kearney Street
Sam Wong Pres.
Cheechin S.C. Lee V.P.
David P. Chun Treas.
H. W. Key Sec.
Open to the public, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily; Saturday to 1 p.m.
Organized 1930, as Chinese Art Association, new organization and name changed 1937; to promote the interests of arts and bring the artists together into good fellowship. Annual meeting in November. Membership 25; dues, $1 for active members. Annual exhibition by jury selection, December 10 to January 10.

Volume 35
American Federation of Arts
MacMillan Company, 1941

Chinatown Artists Club
639 Kearney Street
Dong Kingman Pres.
David P. Chun Treas.
Cheechin S. C. Lee V.P.

H. W. Key Sec
Open to the public, 9 a. m. to 5 p.m. daily; Saturday to 1 p.m.
Organized 1930, as Chinese Art Association, reorganized and name changed, 1937; to promote the interests of art and good fellowship among the artists. Annual meeting in November. Membership 25; dues, $1. Annual exhibition by jury selection, December 10 to January 10.

Volume 37
American Federation of Arts
MacMillan Company, 1945

Chinatown Artists Club
1278 California St. (9)
Hu Wai Kee, Pres.
Dong Kingman, English Sec.
Cheechin S. C. Lee, Chinese Sec.
Free 1 to 4 PM; el. Sat. & Sun.
Est. 1930, as Chinese Art Association; reorganized and name changed, 1937. Ann. meet. Nov. Memb. 25; dues $1. Annual exhibition in Feb.

Berkeley Daily Gazette

(California)

August 17, 1943
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Arts Magazine
February 15, 1945
Chinatown Artists Exhibition
The Chinatown Artists Club in San Francisco is holding its 4th Annual Exhibition of oils and watercolors this month at the de Young Museum. Nine artists, including the nationally known watercolorist, Dong Kingman, are represented by 36 pictures. The show is current through Mar. 5.

(Next post June 14: Monroe Leung)

Yang Ling-fu in the Berkeley Daily Gazette

Berkeley Daily Gazette

(California)

July 14, 1937

July 17, 1937

July 24, 1937

April 2, 1940

September 16, 1941

“Poetess in Exile” 

January 10, 1944

November 26, 1945

(Tomorrow: Yang Ling-fu in the Boston Traveler)