Summer Gloria #3, 1991

Lucy Liu
American (born 1926)

Location: Department of Transportation - North Central Region, Wenatchee, Wenatchee

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Summer Gloria #3 is part of artist Lucy Liu's body of paintings composed using traditional Chinese ink-painting techniques. This piece depicts a pair of swallows perched amid graceful wisteria blossoms. Liu noted that swallows are a traditional subject in Chinese art and paintings of the birds are often given as wedding gifts, as they are symbolic of the loyalty of love.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with .

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Pacific Northwest artist Lucy Liu creates traditional Chinese brush paintings and calligraphic works. Lucy Liu grew up in northeastern China, where she learned artistic calligraphy as a child. After 1949 she lived in Taiwan, where she studied traditional Chinese landscape and bird and flowers painting. Working as a researcher for an American expert on Chinese folklore brought her to Berkeley, California in 1973. Ms. Liu earned a degree in fine arts in the Western tradition from Eastern Washington University in Cheney. She taught art at Seattle-area community colleges. In 1983, she founded the Chinese Arts Society Northwest. In 1989, Lucy Liu was honored with a Washington State Governor's Heritage Award for her work as an artist, an art teacher, and a promoter of Chinese art, both within and outside of the Chinese-American community.

ARTWORK DETAILS
Material CategoryWork on paper - painting
MediumInk and watercolor paint on rice paper
Dimensions17 in x 13 in
ID NumberWSAC1993.073.000
Acquisition MethodDirect purchase
Artist LocationWashington, United States
Location Information
Agency
Artwork LocationDepartment of Transportation - North Central Region, Wenatchee
Outside conference room, North end of hallway
WA CountyChelan
PlacementInterior
Site TypeState Agency
Address2830 Euclid Ave.
Wenatchee, WA 98801
Geo. Coordinates47.445628, -120.327179
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