1b. my life of art
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《波麗露不再來》 No More Bolero
傑洛 ·裘林 GERARD JOLINGArthur Kao, 2014
Left ： The opening ceremony of my solo show in 2009 at the Silicon Valley Asian Art Center.Right ： My photo.
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I. Growth Period ， 1942-1969Brief Resume:. 1942 ： Born middle Taiwan in a farmer’s family.•1948 ： Started elementary school education. Everyday took about two hours back and forth to school because of no transportation facility at that time.•1954 ： Went to a business school in Changhua.•1957 ： Entered Taichung Normal School, a school with no tuition.•1958 ： First time using brushes to paint ink painting.•1960 ： Served as an elementary school teacher at the Chungming Elementary School in Tainchung. Continued to practice painting and participated in various exhibitions and won many awards.
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* 1963 ： Entered the Foreign Language and Literature Department of National Taiwan University. In the following 4 years, other than studying English and Chinese literature, continued to do painting.* 1967 ： Graduated from National Taiwan University.Held a solo show at the University Gallery.Started one year military service.* 1968 ： After military service, entered the graduate school of art history program at the Chinese Culture University.* 1970 ： (January-August) Served as a staff at the National Palace Museum.(May) Graduated from the Chinese Culture University. Thesis was A Study on the Mahayana Buddhist Sculpture.(August) Went to the University of Kansas for PhD Program.
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Painting Creation ：I got in touch with the art of painting after I entered the Taichung Normal School. The first year I learned drawing and watercolor in the regular classes. The second year (1958) I learned Chinese ink painting, mainly imitating and studying the ancient styles of landscape painting. After graduation in 1960, I got a teaching job at the Chungming Elementary School. As the school is close to the Normal School, I took opportunities to get Mr. Lu’s instruction. After I went to the National Taiwan University in 1963, I continued my studio work when I had time.I also participated in exhibitions and got many awards. Today, a few paintings are still in my collection.
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Boundless Land (portion). Ink and light color on paper ， whole scroll 13.75”x274”. 1961-62。
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Boundless Land (portion). Ink and light color on paper, whole scroll 13.75”x274”.1961-62。
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A Girl Fishing. Ink and light color on paper ， 14.5 x 27”. Ca 1964. 8
Spectacular Scene. Ink and light color on paper.148“ x 53”.1965-66.
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Clear Hymn of River and Ocean, portion. Ink and light color on paper, whole scroll 17.50“ x 318”, 1969-70.
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Clear Hymn of River and Ocean, portion. Ink and light color on paper, whole scroll 17.50“ x318”,1969-70.
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II. Challenge Period ，1970-89
Brief Resume：• 1970-73 ： Studied art history at the Kansas University. Held a solo show in the School Gallery in 1973.• 1974 ： Took a part-time job, teaching Asian art history at the Kansas City Art Institute.• 1975-79 ： Served as an assistant professor at the Kent State University, Ohio.• 1979 ： Finished the dissertation The Life and Art of Li Kan and got PhD. (August) Hired by the Chinese University of Hong Kong to teach art history. The following 5 years were in this university.
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• 1982: Published the book Five Dynasties and Northern Song Painting.
• 1984 ： Starting from June, there was one year of vacation. Taking the opportunity, I went to the Princeton University as a visiting scholar. 。
• 1985 ： (August) Went back to teach at Kent State University, and continued for the following 4 years. Published The Study of Western Zhou Bronze Vessels.
• 1989: (August) Hired by San Jose State University, and was an art history professor here for the following 22 years.
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Painting Creation：This period I immigrated to the United States, nine years later moved to Hong Kong, and then moved back to the United States five years later. In the United States I have moved between many states, either studying or working. Nowhere is not full of challenges, but this also provided me with experiences for my life.As the main duty in the period was research and teaching, painting was only for leisure time. Most of the works were in the traditional style, but a few pieces were experimental in new styles, such as Surrealistic and Cubist.
Autumn Mountains. Ink and light color on paper,148“ x 153”.1970-71. Finished in Lawrence, Kansas.
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Hometown Evening. Ink and light color on paper,20”x19”.1970-71. 16
The Water Moon. Ink and light color on paper,19.5”x23”.1972-73. 17
Left: Landscape in the style of Shihtao. Right: Two Birds on the Creek, in the style of Bada.Ca. 1980-83.
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The Hermit’s Happy Life. Ink on paper.1980, in the typical traditional style. 19/77
The Young Girl’s Dream. Ink and light color on paper, 21”x26.5”. 1983 。 In memory of the refugees from China.
Leaving the Gorge-1 . Ink and light color on paper.41”x40”. 1984.This painting adopts some splash ink technique. 21/77
Leaving the Gorge-II . Ink and light color on paper.41”x40”. 1984.This painting adopts some splash ink technique.
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The Gleeman. Ink and light color on paper. In the style of Cubism.27.75”x15”.1983. 23/77
The Old Monkey. Ink and light color on paper. 14”x25.5”. 198324/77
Winter Night in the Northern State. Ink and light color on paper, 24”x24”.1984-85. 25/77
Mountain House. Ink and light color on paper. 1986。 26/77
III. Scholarship Period ， 1990-2004Brief Resume：• 1990-1995: This was the first five years at San Jose State University. Due to the heavy work in teaching and research, not much time was for painting but many books were published.
• 1991 ： Finished the textbook Art of Asia.
• 1992 ： Published Zhongguo Huihua Sixaingshi, and won the Golden Caldron Award for the Taiwan Government.
• 1993 ： Published The Art of India (Chinese version).
• 1994 ： Finished the textbook East Meets West in Art.
Published A Study on the Song Dynasty Painting (Chinese version).
•1995 ： Published The Easy Chinese Input Method .
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• 1995: In the fall, served as a visiting professor at the Tunghai University in Taiwan. There was a six month vacation.
• 1996 ： Taught at SJSU and served as the coordinator of the Art History Program. Due to the heavy work again, there was no time for painting.
• 1998 ： Published A Study on the Yuan Dynasty Painting (Chinese edition). Visited Japan and Vietnam in the summer.
• 1999 ： In the fall, quit the Coordinator job and concentrated on teaching and research. Published On My Own Painting.
• 2000 ： Published Art of Asia (Chinese version).• 2001 ： Formed the Chinese American Art
Association.• 2004 ： Published Zhongguo Huihua Sixaingshi, 2nd
ed.
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Painting Creation：
When I was a visiting professor at the Tunghai University in the fall of 1995, I had more time to do painting and thus created a series of works in new styles. Later, these paintings have been collected in the book On My Own Paintings, published in 1999. After I came back to SJSU in 1996, teaching and administration work took up most of my time, so there was no time for painting. 2001, I had a half year vacation, it gave me time to play with my brush again. I took the opportunity to visit the National Taiwan Normal University and held a solo show in the university gallery.
The Yangguan Gate of Great Wall. Ink and color on paper. 53”x37” ， 1995.
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Left: The Ancient Palace Site. Ink and color on paper, 37”x53”.1995. Right: The Tunghai Path. Ink and light color on paper, 37”x53”. 1995.
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Left: The Buddhist Caves. Ink and light color on paper,1995. Right: Inspiration. Ink and light color on paper. 2003.
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An Impression of Hawaii Beach. Ink and color on paper, collage. 24” x 21” ， 1999.
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A Scene of Walu, North Vietnam. Ink and color on paper. 20.5 “x 27.25” ， 1999-2002.
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A Scene of Chengde, China. Ink and color on paper. 27”x28” ， Ca.2000.
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IV. Art for Fun Period ， 2005--• Brief Resume：• 2005 ： Published A Study on the Ming Dynasty
Painting (Chinese version). Won the “Scholarship Award” presented by the Oversea Chinese Association.
• 2006 ： Served as a visiting professor at the Yunlin University, Taiwan, during the spring semester. Won the award of “Great Scholarship Award” presented by the Chinese Painting Association in Taiwan.
• 2007: (Spring) Taught at SJSU. (Fall) Vacation. September, the whole family took a trip to the American mid-west.
• 2008 ： (Spring) Taught at SJSU. (Fall) Vacation. Took a trip to Europe (8/27-9/12).Published Antiquity Meets Modernism.
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•2009： (Spring) Taught at SJSU. (Fall) Vacation. (November) Solo show at the Silicon Valley Asian Art Center.•2010：(Spring) Taught at SJSU. (Fall) Served as a visiting Professor at the National Taiwan University of Art.•2011：(Spring) Taught the last semester at SJSU. (3/6-26) held a solo exhibit at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library. (5/29- 6/8) took a trip to Vancouver and Whistler Canada. (Oct.) served as a visiting professor at the Nanchang University in China, also visited Mr. Lu and Yuyang City.•2012: (Spring & Fall) served as a visiting professor at the National Taiwan University of Art. Published the Chinese version of East Meets West in Art.
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• 2013: (1/28) Came back from Taiwan. Finished the second version of On My Own Painting. Sixteen pictures of my paintings were collected in the book Art Salon, published in Beijing, China. (November) gave a lecture at the Nanhai Art Center.
• 2014 ： (3/25-4/3) Gave a three day workshop in New Mexico. (4/19-4/29) Gave lectures in Shanghai, Nanchang, and Hangzhou.
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Painting Creation:In 2005 for the half-retired life, I offered weekend art classes in the Chinese School and my in-home studio. For teaching, I did some traditional style painting again. One year later, because I took the visiting professor position in Taiwan, the class was terminated. However, this left me with some traditional style paintings. While I reached the age of 65, my eyes gradually lost the reading energy, it became hard for me to do research and write long articles. Therefore, I turned my energy to painting. As there is no pressure, I have a great freedom to do what I like. My painting therefore has a great variety, no matter in style, subject, or media. In 2012 I collected the works for a new book On My Own Painting II, to be published soon. The paintings collected have been divided into four series: 1)Natural Scenes—landscapes, flowers, and animals; 2) Human Life; 3) Religious Philosophy and Stories; 4) Surrealistic and Abstract. The following are a few examples.
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Hugging Clouds and Flowers for a Dream. Ink on paper. 24”x34” ， 2014.
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Eureka Ocean Scene. Ink and heavy color on paper.27”x 27”. 2010.
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Flower Ocean. Ink and heavy color on paper.27”x 25”. 2010. Painted in memory of the Flower Expo. In Taipei.
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The Ascetic Monk. Ink and light color on paper.21”x 31”.2006.
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Buddha’s Arrival. Ink and light color on paper.30”x40”.2010.44/77
Where is the White Horse Prince? Ink and color on paper. 25”x26”. Ca. 2008.
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Visual Music Series #1. Ink and color on paper. The inspiration came from an installation exhibition.
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Visual Music Series #2. Ink and color on paper. 31”x31”. 2011-12.
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The Illusory City. Ink and heavy colors on paper. 35”x29” ， 2013.
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