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Tong Yang-tze

b. 1942

Taiwanese calligrapher (b. 1942)

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About Tong Yang-tze

Born 1942. Tong Yang-tze is a Taiwanese calligrapher.

Tong Yang-tze (; born 1942), also known as Grace Tong, is a Taiwanese artist. She is one of Taiwan’s foremost calligraphers. She is known for creating very large works in a very small studio.

Personal life and career Tong was born in 1942 in Shanghai and began practicing art at an early age. Her study of calligraphy began when she was eight.

She received a fine arts degree from National Taiwan Normal University before further visual arts education in the United States at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where she received a M.F.A in oil painting and ceramics.

She is the 2020 Wong Chai Lok Calligraphy Fellow at Cornell University. Immortal at the River is a 54-meter-long cursive-script calligraphy of the poem by the same name by Yang Shen which prefaces the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It was created in 2003.

In 2024 she received the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Great Hall Commission.

In media She was the subject of Wang Yen-ni's documentary Solitary Joy.

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Important facts

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Education
University of Massachusetts, National Taiwan Normal University
Awards
Asia's Most Influential Taiwan; National Cultural Award
Also known as
Yangzi Dong, Tong Yang-Tze, Yang-Tze Tong, Grace Yang-tze Tong

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Tong Yang-tze?

Taiwanese calligrapher (b. 1942)

When was Tong Yang-tze born?

Tong Yang-tze was born on 6 October 1942 in Shanghai.

What is Tong Yang-tze's occupation?

Tong Yang-tze is a calligrapher.

What nationality is Tong Yang-tze?

Tong Yang-tze is Taiwanese.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Tong Yang-tze

· Wikidata: Q8950982

· DBpedia: Tong Yang-tze

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