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YONG WAS
BORN IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCE OF CHINA IN 1951. HIS PARENTS WERE ART
PROFESSORS AT SICHUN ART INSTITUTE WHERE HE WAS EXPOSED AT AN EARLY AGE TO
EXTENSIVE ARTISTIC CREATION AND EXPERIMENTATION.
DURING THE TEN YEAR CULTURAL REVOLUTION YONG MET THE FAMOUS ARTIST LIPENG
WEN WHO BECAME HIS MENTOR AND GAVE HIM INVALUABLE ARTISTIC GUIDANCE.
LIPENG WEN WHO WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE CHINESE ART ASSOCIATION AND PROFESSOR
AT THE CULTURAL ART INSTITUTE OF BEIJING, CAREFULLY MOLDED YONG’S INTEREST
AND MASTERY OF PAINTING FROM LIFE. IT IS THIS LOVE OF THE NATURAL THAT
EVOKES THE FRESH SYTLE OF YU YONG.
HE IS COLLECTED IN AMERICA, JAPAN, HONG KONG AND GERMANY WITH NOTABLE
EXHIBITIONS AS FOLLOWS:
1983 HEBI PROVINCE EXHIBITION
1999 BEIJING EXPOSITION (AWARDED TOP HONORS) |