About John Chin Young
Lived 1909 – 1997 (aged 87–88). John Chin Young was an American painter.
John Chin Young (; 1909–1997) was a Hawaiian-born American painter, printmaker, and art collector. Young is best known for his abstract expressionist depictions of horses, paintings of children, and abstract paintings (such as Tantalus).
Early life
John Chin Young was born on March 26, 1909, in Chinatown in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii (now Hawaii, U.S.). He was the son of Chinese immigrants and began drawing at the age of eight, stimulated by Chinese calligraphy, which he learned in Chinese language school.
Young had his first and only art lessons while a student at President William McKinley High School in Honolulu. Thereafter, his art was entirely self-taught.
Career Over the years, he acquired an important collection of ancient Asian art, African art, and Pre-Columbian art,
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Who was John Chin Young?
Hawaiian-born American painter (1909–1997)
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John Chin Young was born on 26 March 1909 in Honolulu.
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John Chin Young died in 1997.
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John Chin Young was a painter.
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