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Gee Yun (1906 - 1963) was active/lived in New York, California / China, France. Gee Yun is known for Modernist landscape, figure-genre painting, mural.
Known as a Modernist painter and the creator of a style he called "diamondism", composed of fragmented forms vividly colored, Yun Gee was born in Gee Village, now called Chu Village, near Canton, China in 1906. At age 15, he arrived in San Francisco in 1921, joining his father, a merchant who traveled there frequently from China. However, his mother remained behind with his younger brothers and sisters, and Yun Gee never saw her again. He was able to become an American citizen because of his father's claim that his own citizenship papers had been destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire.
Yun Gee settled near Chinatown and enrolled at the California School of Fine Art under Gottardo Piazzoni and Otis Oldfield. Both of these men had strong influence on Gee, especially Oldfield who became a close, life-long friend. They took a sketching trip together in 1928 to the gold mining area of California. It was written that "Oldfield's Cezanne-ins ...
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Book References: 22
Magazine References: 7
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7 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Gee Yun
Magazine
Article
Date
Author
Color
Art in America
Exhibitions
November 2008
Editor
Yes
Art in America
Review of Exhibitions
April 2006
Editors, Art in America
Yes
American Art Review
The Not-So-Still Life
February 2004
Moure, Nancy
Yes
California Art Club Newsletter
Museum/Gallery Exhibitions and Lect
December 2003
Dempwolf, Teddi
No
Art Times
New Art Books
December 2003
Steiner, Raymond J
No
Art & Antiques
When East Came West
February 2003
Gomez, Edward M
Yes
American Art Review
With New Eyes: Toward an Asian
December 1995
Higa, Karin
Yes
22 Book References for Gee Yun
Year
Author
Title
Pages
Color
2008
edited by Gordon H. Chang, Mark Johnson, and Paul Karlstrom (Stanford University Press)
Asian American Art: A History 1850-1970
576
Yes
2005
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
479
No
2005
Davenport, Ray
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2421
No
2003
Landauer, Gerdts, Trenton & Wo
The Not-So-Still Life: A Century of California Painting and Sculpture
(Exhibition catalog)
226
Yes
2002
Hughes, Edan Milton
Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
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1249
No
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
3724
No
1998
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall
California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media
560
Yes
1996
Karlstrom, Paul J (editor)
On the Edge of America California Modernist Art, 1900-1950
308
Yes
1995
Nash, Steven A
Facing Eden: 100 Years of Landscape Art in Bay Area
216
Yes
1992
Brown, Michael D
Views from Asian California: An Illustrated History 1920-1965
71
Yes
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538
No
1989
Hughes, Edan Milton
Artists in California, 1786-1940
637
No
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1081
No
1985
Albright, Thomas
Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History
349
Yes
1984
Marlor, Clark S
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
(Exhibition catalog)
600
No
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
656
No
1984
Orr-Cahill, Christina
The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum
199
Yes
1981
Baird, Joseph Armstrong Jr
From Exposition to Exposition Northern California Painting 1915-1939
(Exhibition catalog)
88
No
1979
Brodsky, Jane/Helen Gee
The Paintings of Yun Gee
(Exhibition catalog)
72
Yes
1977
Whitney Museum
Lawrence H Bloedel Bequest Selections and Related Works
56
No
1969
Museum of Modern Art Editors
American Art of the 20's and 30's (Three Catalogues Combined)
(Exhibition catalog)
220
No
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1130
No
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