Mark Tobey and Teng Baiye: Seattle / Shanghai is the first book to explore artistic and intellectual exchanges between Chinese artist Teng Baiye (1900–1980) and his American contemporary Mark Tobey (1890–1976). Essays by Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker and David Clarke consider Teng’s influence as both a cultural interpreter and an artistic practitioner on the development of Tobey’s distinctive artistic practice and — through Tobey — on the discourse on abstraction in midcentury American art.
Authors & Contributors
Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker is director of the Frye Art Museum Seattle and former director of the Museum Villa Stuck in Munich and the Vancouver Art Gallery in Canada. Scott Lawrimore is former deputy director, collections and exhibitions, at the Frye Art Museum. David Clarke is a professor in the department of fine arts, University of Hong Kong.
Contents
Foreword
The Calligraphic Impulse / Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker
Plates
Cross-Cultural Dialogue and Artistic Innovation: Teng Baiye and Mark Tobey / David Clarke
Artist Biographies
Notes Bibliography Teng Baiye in America Index of Names
