Yun Gee Poetry Writings Art Memories

Presents a selection of paintings, poetry, essays, and ephemeral writings by the Chinese American modernist, Yun Gee (1906-1963). Documenting the expressions of an Asian American artist of the first half of the 20th century, this book also illuminates the experiences of the Chinese immigrants who came of age in America during the Exclusion Era.

Preface Introduction Part I A Modernist Painter's Journey in America--Paul Karlstrom Part II Solitary Proposals--Anthony W. Lee A Selection of Poetry by Yun Gee Part III Revolution in Art and Life--Anthony W. Lee The Chinese Artist and the World of Tomorrow (c. 1926)--Yun Gee Confucius (c. 1927)--Yun Gee On French Art (c. 1929)--Yun Gee Chinese Artist Charms Paris (1930)--R. Harrison Wolcott Chinese Painter Back to Show His New Art (1931)--Jean Piper Yun Gee, Chinese Interpreter of East to West (1931)--Arthur A. Young Apostle of the New Cubism Teaches Art in a Tenement (1932)--Joseph Mitchell Yun Gee (1939)--Pierre Mille Diamondism At Last! Or, What It Takes to Make a Good Picture (1937; 1939)--Yun Gee How to Life a Fuller and Longer Life: Philosophy of Taoism in the 20th Century (c. 1940)--Yun Gee Letter of Invitation to Study (c. 1941)--Yun Gee Part IV The World Yesterday--Anthony W. Lee Yun Gee, American Chinese Artist (1930)--Reuben H. Menken East and West Meet in Paris (1944)--Yun Gee Letter to Paul Bird (1951)--Yun Gee Yun Gee Speaks His Mind (c. 1954)--Yun Gee Memories of Uncle Yun (2002)--Nancy Bing Memories of My Father (2002)--Li-Lan Notes