[B]orn in Oakland, CA. Studied: Ling Nan School (Hong Kong); Member; National Academy of Design, American Watercolor Society, California Watercolor Society. While still a child Kingman returned with his parents to China. There, Kingman received art instruction from traditional Chinese watercolorists & Size-To-Wai, a Paris-educated artist who was very knowledgeable about modern art trends. In 1929, Kingman moved back to San Francisco & started producing watercolor paintings depicting Bay Area cityscape subjects. In 1942, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship which enabled him to travel around the United States painting watercolors of American scene subjects. Between 1945 & 1965, he painted a large number of outstanding cityscape watercolors of New York City & San Francisco. He also did covers for Fortune & article illustrations inside the magazine. Life, Time, Westways, & numerous other magazines.’ https://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2021/01/fortune-magazine-part-4.html

#Fortune for #FEBRUARY 1947
‘Two U.S. Cities’
#Illustration by Dong Kingman (1911-2000 👉ALT)
Cover of *Fortune*, February 1947
#FortuneCover #watercolor #illustrationart #illustrationartists #graphicdesign #DongKingman #urbanpolicy #masstransit #cityscape

image from https://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2021/01/fortune-magazine-part-4.html: Kingman ‘was born in Oakland, CA. Studied: Ling Nan School (Hong Kong); Member: National Academy of Design, American Watercolour Society, California Watercolour Society. While still a child Kingman returned with his parents to China. There, Kingman received art instruction from traditional Chinese watercolorists and Size-To-Wai, a Paris-educated artist who was very knowledgeable about modern art trends. In 1929, Kingman moved back to San Francisco & started producing watercolour paintings depicting Bay Area cityscape subjects. In 1942, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship which enabled him to travel around the United States painting watercolours of American scene subjects. Between 1945 & 1965, he painted a large number of outstanding cityscape watercolours of New York City & San Francisco. He also did covers for Fortune & as article illustrations inside the magazine. Life, Time, Westways, [etc.]'

#Fortune for #NOVEMBER 1949
‘U.S. Roads: Construction Ahead’
Illustration by Dong Kingman (1911-2000 👉ALT)
Cover of *Fortune*, November 1949
#FortuneCover #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #graphicdesign #highwayconstruction #DongKingman

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American Airlines San Francisco travel poster 1960s
Dong Kingman
Collection of SFO Museum
2023.129.002
R2024.0601.022

Pan American World Airways destinations travel poster c. 1970
Dong Kingman
Collection of SFO Museum
2023.129.004
R2024.0601.024

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Artists of the Airways Airline Travel Posters | SFO Museum

See "Artists of the Airways: Airline Travel Posters from the SFO Museum Collection" on display in the Aviation Museum and Library. The Aviation Museum and Library is located pre-security, in the International Terminal. bit.ly/AirwaysArtists

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Kingman also composed watercolor paintings for Pan American World Airways in the 1970s and ‘80s, including this colorful kite poster promoting many worldwide destinations.

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To advertise American’s service to San Francisco in the early 1960s, Dong Kingman painted a captivating watercolor view of busy Chinatown facing north down Grant Avenue with a cable car passing on California Street and Coit Tower in the background. #AirwaysArtists #DongKingman #AvGeek

During the 1960s and ‘70s, American Airlines operated numerous nonstop transcontinental routes between Los Angeles and San Francisco and major East Coast cities and offered a wide array of services throughout the U.S.
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Dong Kingman. Untitled (1940). Watercolor.

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