Scarborough, James (Guest Curator), et al. Jian Wang: The Painter (Sacramento, CA: Solomon Dubnick Press, 2001).
English, SIGNED, a Fine book in a Good dust jacket, Very Good overall, HC, 4to, 11" x 9," 101 pp., including illustrations.
ISBN: 0965272060
Off-white cloth-covered boards in a white paper dust jacket. Silver-foil lettering on front cover. Black lettering on front panel and dust jacket spine. Covers have light age toning, else pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Dust jacket has light age toning, slight edge wear, and two closed tears (each measuring about 1") on front and back panels from bottom edge, else clean and intact. Dust jacket protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. Pages pristine and intact. Replete with color illustrations. SIGNED by Jian Wang (as "Jian Wang") on title page in black ink. Beautiful exhibition catalog published on the occasion of a show featuring the paintings of Jian Wang (b. 1958), a Chinese painter. A variety of his portraits, still lifes, and landscapes are depicted herein. Texts by Guest Curator James Scarborough are included. Jian Wang earned a Bachelor's in Engineering at Dalian Railway Institute, but his career changed course when he met Marjorie Francisco, an English professor at the Institute who formerly taught art in Sacramento, California. Francisco saw Jian's paintings and encouraged him to develop his artistic craft in the United States and sponsored a trip for him. In 1986, Jian arrived in the U.S. and studied under noted contemporaries such as Fred Dalkey at Sacramento City College, Manuel Neri, and Wayne Thiebaud. Jian currently works in both California and Beijing.
