If you are serious, let me know and I will take more. I think that this piece is one of those for a lot less. The new screen will show a list of questions that you might want to ask. The last word on the list is the word other. Call me and if I don’t answer I will call you soon after. This is an excellent and large watercolor by famed California artist, Jade Fon Woo, usually called just Jade Fon in most books. This is one of my two favorite watercolors that I have owned of about 300 and that is because the colors are vivid, there is the one point perspective and certainly people in S. Know that Jade Fon painted the city as well as anyone. This Fon wc also has social commentary. There is at least one child playing in the street, a bird pecking at whatever looks appetizing, very interesting graffiti, and a couple appears to be entering the street, perhaps dauntingly. The landmark, Ferry Building and marketplace are in the background. There is detail throughout the street, the vehicles, railing on the buildings, there is more detail that I need to see the piece up close. Jade Fon as an Asian-American must have had mixed feelings about San Francisco, the city’s history wasn’t kind to his ancestors but he found success in quite a few occupations. Read the next two paragraphs if you would like more biographical information. I cannot imagine any wc more vivid in color, the shadows you see are intentional and gives the piece a feeling of discomfort but also of hope, a city that was a port for many of America’s Asian-Americans. My son came to NYC, as he was adopted from the Philippines so did my Hungarian and Irish grandparents. It is signed and has his chop mark in the lower left and the dimensions are about as large as CA watercolors go at 29×22. Fon is extremely well known for his San Francisco cityscapes, and his coastal California and Hawaiian landscapes. I have seen no oils, or portraits, and just a few still lifes by him. In the 1930’s as a very young man he moved back to California to become one of America’s best known watercolor artists, particularly of the San Francisco area. He is a very collectible artist as he has been written in about in numerous books and his art is in multiple museums, six listed on Askart but there are others. As an Asian-American artist it was probably more difficult to get recognition in the United States and I think you might want to check out other Asian-American artists from his era in California such as Jake Lee, Dong Kingman, Si Chen Yuan and East Coast artist Chi Chen. I think that their art will appreciate in tangible and intangible value in American art history. There are many other artists of Asian descent whose art is popular at American auctions and many more with Asian influence in their art. Japanese descent artists that you might want to check out are Yutaka Ohashi, Kenzo Okada and living artists Mian Situ and Jason Situ who both live in the United States. Another remarkable California artist, Tyrus Wong is apparently living still at 105(passed a few years ago) and I had one of his paintings and he had a long career with Disney as well, including leading the dramatic Bambi scenes. Maine/NM artist, Laurence Sisson lived in Japan for a while and has Asian influences and subject matter in some of his paintings. Check him out, one of the living greats. He passed about two years ago. Jade Fon is considered one of the finest plein air California artists, and was among the leaders of the California Watercolor Movement that included other greats like Rex Brandt, Phil Dike, Barse Miller, Millard Sheets and a few other Asian-Americans like Jake Lee and Dong Kingman. Check out that Lorenzo Latimer California watercolor, he was an early great watercolorist. Some interesting facts about Fon is that he taught at a college, started an art school, worked on the movie, “Gone with the Wind, ” and was an entertainer in nightclubs as a singer and emcee in the Forbidden City. Golden Gate paintings are very popular as are his S. F harbor views and his Hawaiian coastal views. Check out his S. The item “Jade Fon, San Francisco, California Landscape, Chinese American Artist, Ferry Bldg” is in sale since Sunday, December 13, 2020. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “connecticutskier” and is located in Southington, Connecticut. This item can be shipped to United States, all countries in Europe, Mexico, Canada.
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Signed?: Signed
- Region of Origin: San Francisco, California, United States
- Artist: Jade Fon Woo
- Style: Impressionism, Realism,Modernism
- Listed By: connecticutskier
- Painting Surface: Paper
- Medium: Watercolor
- Width (Inches): 29
- Subject: San Francisco, California Landscape
- Originality: Original
- Height (Inches): 22