Life
Wang was born inCollection
His collection of ancient Chinese paintings is consistently listed as one of the greatest such collections in the world. In 1998, 25 paintings from his collection were given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. One of the most important works in this group was the hanging scroll ''Riverbank'' by 10th century master Dong Yuan, whose authenticity, however, was controversially challenged by the art historian James Cahill.Art
Examples of his own paintings are the last authentic examples of "literati art" from China. Several expatriates practiced the style after the Chinese Communist Revolution, but he was the last to die of those who practiced it, and the style was not permitted immediately after the revolution. Subsequent generations had no one to pass the style onto, and so it died out with the few expatriates practicing abroad, like Wang.Death
Wang died July 3, 2003, in New York City.References and further reading
* *On C. C. Wang's purchase of the Contag collection, see Cahill's note at: http://jamescahill.info/the-writings-of-james-cahill/responses-a-reminiscences/154-32what-became-of-the-contag-collection *Notes made by James Cahill on forgeries/copies of works in various private (including C. C. Wang's) and museum collections: http://jamescahill.info/File/LS_lecture_notes/Addendum%20B.pdf *A detailed biography of C. C. Wang can be found at: http://www.echinaart.com/Advisor/adv_ccwang_gallery.htmNotes
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, C. C. American art collectors 1907 births 2003 deaths Artists from Suzhou Chinese emigrants to the United States