Mignonette Yin Cheng
By: essays by Renée M. Yin Cheng, Marvin Eisenberg, Graham Smith, and Richard Edwards ; foreword by Evan M. Maurer
Publisher: Hudson Hills Press; Hudson Hills Press LLC
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Manchester, Vermont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781555953577
Subjects: Themes, motives
Description: "Born in 1933 on the island of Gulangyu, near Amoy, China, the artist Mignonette Yin Cheng received her initial training at the ussian Academy of Arts in Shanghai. At the age of 18, her work was awarded the Gold Star Medal and First Prize for three consecutive years at the Royal Drawing Society, London, England. he Japanese invasion of China interrupted her training and her family moved several times, eventually settling in Hong Kong, which became her home for her secondary education. ... After graduaring from Ohio University in 1959 ... she married Richard Cheng and settled in Michigan, eventually moving to Ann Arbor where she taught as a professor at the School of Art, University of Michigan for more than 30 years. ..."--Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.