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1907
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Born
in Wu County, Jiangsu Province, China.
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1924
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Studied
under Suzhou painter Gu Linshi (1865-1933), Who is
also a collector of classical Chinese painting.
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1932
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Studied
painting with well-known painter and collector Wu
Hufan (1894-1968) in Shanghai while simultaneously
studying law in the evening Law School in the Soo
Chow University.
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1935
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Served
as member of the committee for the first major exhibition
of Chinese art from Beijing Palace Museum collection
in London, England.
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1940
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Co-authored
"The seals of Chinese Painters and Collectors
in Ming and Qing Dynasties" with German art historian
Dr. Victoria contag. (Note: Revised edition with supplement
was published later in 1966 by the Chinese University
of Hong Kong) Taught chinese painting at the Shanghai
and Suzhou Academies of Art.
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| 1949 |
Moved
to the United States. |
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1950
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Began
to study Western painting at the Art Students' League,
New York, New York.
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Exhibited
his first one-man show at the Warren E. Cox Gallery,
New York, New York.
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1957
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Taught
painting at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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1962
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Served
as Chairman at the Art Department of Chinese University
of Hong Kong, and also taught Chinese painting at
the same unversity (1962-1964).
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1966
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Exhibited
in "The New Chinese Landscape: Six Contemporary
Chinese Artists", which circulated throughout
the United States, under the auspices of the American
Federation of Arts, New York, New York.
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1968
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Solo
exhibition: M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco,
California.
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1969
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Appointed
Lifetime Fellow of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, New York.
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1970
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Published
first book "Mountains of the Mind: The Landscape
Paintings of Wang Chi-Ch'ien" (John Weatherhill,
Inc., New York and Tokyo) with Professor James Cahill's
introducation.
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1971
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Retrospective
exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles,
California.
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Exhibited
at "Chinese Painting at Mid-Century", sponsored
by the Renaissance Society, University of Chicago.
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1972
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Solo
exhibitions: China Institute of America, New York,
New York; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii;
Fresno College, Fresno, California; Indianapolis Museum
of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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1973
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Solo
exhibitions: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts; The New Gallery, Schacht
Fine Arts Center at Russell Sage College, Troy, New
York; Chinese Culture Center, New York, New York;
New Paltz State University, New Paltz, New York
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1974
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Elected
"benefactor" and permanent member of The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
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1975
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Solo
exhibition: Columbia University, New York, New York
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1976
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Solo
exhibitions: Eastern Illinois University, Charleston,
Illinois; Chinese Culture Foundation, Scan Francisco,
California
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1977
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Retrospective
exhibition, The Brooklyn Museum, New York, sponsored
by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Washington, D.C.,
and the international Exhibition Foundation, Washington,
DC, A catalogue, The Landscape of C. C. Wang: Mountains
of the Mind was published to complement the exhibition.
The exhibition traveled to many cities throughout
the United States
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1980
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Invited
to serve as consultant to the Chinese Painting Department
at Sotheby's International, New York, New York
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In
additional, throughout the late 70's and 80's, C.C.
Wang also had exhibited widely at museum, art galleries,
and universities thoughtout the country and East Asia,
including: Yale University, University of California
at Berkeley, Tulane University, University of North
Carolina, Pennsylvania State University, Indianapolis
University, Columbia University and the Chicago Institute
of Art. |
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1981
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Exhibited
in "Paintings and Calligraphy by Wu Hufan and
His Disciples of Meiying Studio", Shanghai, China.
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1982
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Solo
exhibition: Hugh Moss Gallery, London, England.
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1983
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Solo
exhibitions: Hong Kong Arts Centre, Sponsored By the
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; National
Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan.
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1984
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Participated
in the show "Masterpieces of two Chinese Artists"
with the artist Wang Fangyu at the Taipei Fine Arts
Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
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1985
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Invited
to be an advisor to the "Art Connoisseurship",
a renown quarterly magazinepublished in Shanghai,
China.
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1986
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Invited
to be an Honorary Member of the Shanghai Academy of
Art, Shanghai, China.
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Published
C. C. Wang: Landscape Paintings (University
of Washington Press, Seattle and London) with an introducation
by Professor James Cahill.
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Solo
exhibition: Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong
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Exhibited
in "The Mountain Retreat: Landscape in Modern
Chines Painting", Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado
and Emily Lowe Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead,
New York.
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1987
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Served
as Visiting Professor of Fine Arts, Shanghai Institute
of Chinese Painting, Shanghai, China.
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Solo
exhibition: Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham,
Alabama.
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1988
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Retrospective
exhibition, "Mind Landscape: The Paintings
of C. C. Wang", organized by the Henry Art
Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
The Exhibition traveled to the Spencer Museum of Art,
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas; the Chinese
Culture Center, San Francisco, California; the China
Institute in America, New York, New York.
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1989
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Exhibited
in "Six Twentieth Century Chinese Artists",
from the collection of Murray Smith, at the Los Angeles
Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California.
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1991
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Received
the Governor's Asian American Heritage Month award
from Governor Mario M. Cuomo, New York, New York.
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Exhibited
at Liaoning Museum at Shenyang, Liaoning Province,
China.
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Solo
exhibition: Sponsored by Lo Shan Tang, Hong Kong.
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Solo
exhibition of Calligraphy: Gallery 456, New York,
New York.
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1992
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Solo
exhibition of Calligraphy: L. J. Wender Gallery, New
York, New York
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1993
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Published
"C. C. Wang Recent Works" with foreword
by Arnold Chang
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Received
the Certificate of Merit from New York City in recognition
of outstanding achievement in the arts. |
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1994
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Exhibited
in "Not Knowing: Affinities in Eastern and Western
Art", Gallery Schlesinger, New York
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Solo
exhibitions: Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan;
National Tsing Hua University Art Center, Hsin-Chu,
Taiwan; Pristine Harmony Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Solo
exhibition of Landscapes and calligraphy with accompanying
catalogue, "C.C. Wang: Landscape and calligraphic
images", Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong and
Singapore.
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| 1995 |
Exhibition
"The C.C. Wang Family Collection of Fantastic Rocks"
E&J Frankel Ltd., New York, New York. |
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Solo
exhibition of painting and calligraphy "C.C. Wang:
old Master, New Ideas" at E&J Frankel Ltd.,
New York, New York. |
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Participated
in the group show "Art of Ink in America"
at Gallery Korea, New York, New York. |
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Exhibited
at Elizabeth wang Gallery, New York, New York. |
| 1996 |
Exhibited
at "Living Master's Recent Painting by C.C. Wang",
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, California. |
| 1997 |
Exhibition
"C.C. Wang at Ninety", Kaikodo Gallery, New
York, New York. |
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Participated
in the group show "Asian Traditions, Modern Expressions:
Asian American Artists and Abstraction 1945-1970"
at Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, the State University
of New Jersey, Rutgers, New Jersey. |
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Due
to his active participation in Chinese painting at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, the museum honored him by
dedicating a room named "C.C. Wang Family Gallery"
within its Chinese Painting Gallery. |
| 1998 |
Exhibited
with Sing F. Ma at "The Collection of Painting
and Calligraphy by the american Artists C.C. Wang &
Ma Singfoon" at Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou,
China. the museum also published the catalog under the
same name. A congratulatory letter from President &
Mrs. Clinton sent to the opening ceremony of the exhibition
in Hong kong. |
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Published
the catalog for the exhibition "C.C. Wang &
Sing F. Ma Art Works" at Grand Peking Gallery,
Hong Kong. |
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Exhibition
"The Master & Pupil Exhibit of C.C. Wang &
Ma Singfoon for Charity" held at the City Hall,
Hong Kong, sponsored by Sheen Hok Charitable Foundation. |
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Participated
the exhibition "A Century in Crisis: Modernity
and Tradition in the Art of Twentieth- Century china"
at the Soho Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York. |
| 1999 |
Exhibition
"The Artist as Collector: Masterpieces of Chinese
Painting from C.C. Wang Family Collection" at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York. |
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Co-exhibited
modern works with Wucius Wang in "Calligraphy and
Beyond" at the Plum Blossoms Gallery in Hong Kong
and Singapore. |
| 2000 |
Group
exhibition "Madame Chiang Sung Meiling with Other
Masters for the Year of 2000" at the Wolrd Journal
Art Gallery, Whitestone, New York. |
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Exhibition
in Ethan Cohen Fine Arts Gallery in New York, New York. |
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Group
show "Big Apple Chinese" with other Chinese
artists, Kaikodo Gallery, New York, New York. |
