Spanish Hills
Mignonette Yin Cheng
Signed lower right.
Custom framed in a solid maple floater.
Collection of David Osler, Ann Arbor, MI
Overall very good condition. No apparent evidence of damage or repairs. Not examined under UV light.
Mignonette Yin Cheng
Mignonette Yin Cheng was born in Amoy, China in 1933. She received her initial training at the Russian Art Academy in Shanghai and the Chao Shao-An Studio in Hong Kong. In 1958, she received a full scholarship to attend Ohio University, where she graduated with a BFA degree, cum laude. One year later, she completed her thesis and a solo exhibition, Chinese Painting and Western Emblems: A Comparative Study, and received an MFA degree. She was a professor emerita of painting at the University of Michigan School of Art & Design, having taught there for more than 30 years.
Cheng’s work is represented in numerous private and public collections, such as the Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO; Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI; and Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati.
Source: Michigan Art Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI
Mignonette Yin Cheng was born in Amoy, China in 1933. She received her initial training at the Russian Art Academy in Shanghai and the Chao Shao-An Studio in Hong Kong. In 1958, she received a full scholarship to attend Ohio University, where she graduated with a BFA degree, cum laude. One year later, she completed her thesis and a solo exhibition, Chinese Painting and Western Emblems: A Comparative Study, and received an MFA degree. She was a professor emerita of painting at the University of Michigan School of Art & Design, having taught there for more than 30 years.
Cheng’s work is represented in numerous private and public collections, such as the Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO; Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI; and Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati.
Source: Michigan Art Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI
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