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| Title | Fay Chong, artist |
| Photographer | Kassowitz, Ernst
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| Date | n.d. |
| Historical Background | Fay Chong was born in Canton, China on March 2, 1912. He attended the University of Washington, the Leon Derbyshire School of Art and privately with Mark Tobey. He was a member of the Northwest Printmakers, the Northwest Watercolor Society, Puget Sound Group of Painters and the Washington Art Association. Chong was part of Seattle's WPA Art Project during the Depression and produced numerous paintings and blockprints during that time. He was also the Designer for the University of Washington's Applied Physics Laboratory for thirteen years and taught at several Seattle schools. |
| Notes | Sketch after a photograph.
Caption on image: Ernst Kassowitz, Seattle
On verso of image: Fay Chong
PH Coll 215 |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Artists
Designers
Portrait drawings
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Chong, Fay--Portraits
Chinese American artists
Art teachers
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| Location Depicted | United States |
| Digital Collection | Modern Photographers Collection
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| Order Number | MPH468 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info
Please cite the Order Number when ordering. |
| Negative Number | Kassowitz 10 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Ernst Kassowitz Collection. PH Coll 215 |
| Object Type | Drawing |
| Physical Description | b&w ; 8 x 10 inches |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2004. |
