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Wong, Martin, 1946-1999

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Personal name headingWong, Martin, 1946-1999
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LocatedSan Francisco (Calif.) New York (N.Y.)
Birth date1946
Death date1999-08-12
Place of birthPortland (Or.)
Field of activityPainting Poetry
Profession or occupationAuthors Painters Poets
Painters
Found inHis Martin Wong, new paintings, Nov. 5-Dec. 23, 1988, 1988.
Sweet oblivion : the urban landscape of Martin Wong, c1998: p. 78 (b. 1946, Portland, Oregon)
N.Y. times, Aug. 18, 1999 (Martin Wong; painter of poetic realism; b. Portland, Ore., 1946; grew up in San Francisco; lived in New York, 1978-1994; moved back to San Francisco; d. Aug. 12 in San Francisco of AIDS-related causes)
"Rainbow Brain: The Visual Poetry of Martin Wong," via Art in America, Feb. 5, 2016, viewed online May 31, 2022 (wrote with pen and ink on long rolls of paper, and stored his poems as scrolls)
Associated languageeng