1. Seong Moy was an American painter and printmaker.
13 Facts About Seong Moy
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In 1934, Seong Moy was introduced to art classes at the WPA Federal Art Project School through a friend.
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Seong Moy experimented with printmaking at the Atelier 17 and Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop in New York.
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Seong Moy returned to China at the age of 85, in 2008, with his wife, daughters and grandchildren to the rural villages where he and his wife were born in the 1920s.
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Seong Moy had a great effect on his family and many who knew him in his life.
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Seong Moy was survived by his wife of sixty six years, Sui Yung, his daughters, Jacqueline and Adrienne, and two grandchildren, Eamon and Fiona.
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In 1941, Seong Moy attended to the Art Students League in New York by earning a scholarship.
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Seong Moy studied painting and printmaking under Vaclav Vytlacil and Will Barnet.
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Seong Moy won another scholarship to the Hans Hofmann School of Art.
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In 1948, Seong Moy was awarded a fellowship to study printmaking at Stanley William Hayter's legendary Atelier 17 graphic arts studio which is in New York.
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In 1950: Seong Moy received a Whitney Fellowship, the biggest award of his career.
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Seong Moy went on to teach at the University of Indiana, Smith, Vassar, and Columbia.
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Between 1970 and 1989, Seong Moy served as Professor of Art at City College of New York, and as an instructor at the Art Students League teaching for more than twenty years.