"First-Generation: China Dream and Suburban Chinatown” explores the complex identities and personal narratives belonging to the children of Chinese immigrants. #photography#FirstGeneration#AAPIThis tweet was posted on May 09, 2022.
#ChinaAirlines, the flag carrier of #Taiwan, was founded on December 12, 1959, by retired Chinese Air Force officers. #Transpacific service to San Francisco began in 1970 with the acquisition of the #Boeing 707 jetliner. Have you ever flown on China Airlines? #avgeekThis tweet was posted on December 16, 2019.
#PhilipCheung's work examines the contemporary landscape, revisits the railroad’s history, and draws focus on the involvement of the Chinese migrant workers, whose contributions to the Central Pacific Railroad made possible the creation of the first transcontinental railroad. This tweet was posted on April 07, 2019.
A masterpiece of Chinese architecture, elaborate paintings, & double duty as a lighthouse, this pagoda had it all: http://t.co/bElrkwLdLkThis tweet was posted on April 22, 2015.
Auspicious symbols are popular decorative motifs in Chinese art. Peonies on this headrest symbolize riches & honor: http://t.co/4vV7PFrVThis tweet was posted on August 15, 2012.
Berndt Friberg's glazing methods drew from many sources, including the Chinese "hare's fur" style of this ochre vase: http://t.co/Q3FbYNgJThis tweet was posted on April 20, 2012.
Brian W. Choy's photography of The Chinese World Building, San Francisco 1980s. On exhibit in terminal 3 http://t.co/i8McwHTpmoThis tweet was posted on May 27, 2014.
Can cats see into your soul? This pair of Chinese ceramic cats from the 8th century seem like they can! What do you think of these cats? #CaticonsThis tweet was posted on January 19, 2019.
China Airlines, the flag carrier of Taiwan, was founded #onthisday in 1959 by retired Chinese Air Force officers. Transpacific service to SF began in 1970 with the acquisition of the Boeing 707 jetliner. Have you ever flown on China Airlines? This tweet was posted on December 16, 2017.
Chinese wallpaper certainly served as an inspiration for the French scenic #wallpaper that followed in the nineteenth century. Zuber et Cie’s Décor Chinois mimics Chinese wallpaper with its shallow perspective. #ZuberScenicWallpaperThis tweet was posted on December 05, 2019.
Eileen Reynolds’ work was inspired by the graceful forms of classical Chinese ceramics, along with the simple lines of traditional, stoneware jugs and bowls from the Ohio River Valley in Indiana where Eileen was raised. #CaliforniaModernistWomenThis tweet was posted on January 13, 2023.
Featuring works by Taiwanese American photographer Jessica Chou and Chinese Canadian photographer Teresa Eng, these photographs focus both inwards at the countries of their upbringing, and outwards towards the country of their ancestors.
#TeresaEng#JessicaChou#photographyThis tweet was posted on November 24, 2021.
General Arthur Fook Yuen Lym was born in San Francisco in 1890. In 1911, he enrolled in the Curtiss Wright School of Aviation in NY. When he graduated, he was selected by the newly formed Chinese government to help teach officers in the Chinese Army to fly.
#APPIHMThis tweet was posted on May 18, 2022.
Happy Chinese New Year! In the 1980s, #PanAm printed menus featuring a Chinese New Year parade in San Francisco. This tweet was posted on February 08, 2016.
His daughter, Renée Lym Robertson, graciously donated many materials from her father’s life to preserve his legacy and the contributions of Chinese Americans to the history of aviation.
#APPIHMThis tweet was posted on May 18, 2022.
In 1970, Fong settled down in the San Francisco Bay Area. For "Painting #2018-8-6," he embedded traditional Chinese ink wash within an all-over abstract landscape. Using his handmade palm fiber brush, Fong applied acrylic paint to crumpled squares of mulberry paper. #FongChungRayThis tweet was posted on May 09, 2023.
In the 1790s, George Leonard Staunton documented Qing dynasty Chinese culture, customs, & artifacts. #PrintToPlateThis tweet was posted on August 11, 2016.
Magical & evocative, Geir Jordahl's Circle of Life photo series bonds imagination & fantasy to Chinese landscapes: http://t.co/DO9ZBrLhd6This tweet was posted on September 26, 2014.
Makers embellished purses with Japanese & Chinese scenes & motifs from dragons to Chinese emperors. #EssentialPursesThis tweet was posted on June 15, 2016.
Ming dynasty Chinese ceramics made for export to Japan from @asianartmuseum's collection. Kosometsuke… http://t.co/qQvmMtzNBkThis tweet was posted on May 02, 2013.
NOW PLAYING: "Traveling Through Brush and Ink" by Annlin Chao. Chao’s stop-motion animated short features a shapeshifting character who journeys through the landscape of four Chinese paintings held in Taiwan’s National Palace Museum. https://t.co/NUYbVFARw2 #VideoArtsSFOM https://t.co/VocO6lfPIEThis tweet was posted on May 20, 2019.
Oakland's William Wong moved to China in the 1930s to help jumpstart Chinese aviation. Learn more (& see his http://t.co/WygjP8rQThis tweet was posted on December 19, 2012.
Pan-Asian Ceramics explores how trading routes affected ceramics. E.g. Chinese kendi for the Indonesian market: http://t.co/tKfVHJs4VGThis tweet was posted on March 13, 2013.
Photographer #PhilipCheung documents 690 miles of railroad track between Sacramento, CA & Promontory, UT. In examining the landscape of these 3 states, Cheung focuses on nineteenth-century Chinese migrant workers’ contributions to the transcontinental railroad. #AAPIHeritageMonthThis tweet was posted on May 26, 2019.
Production techniques in Japan developed rapidly during the early part of the Edo period (1615-1868). By the 1640s, the Japanese began to successfully compete with Chinese porcelain exports. #BeckoningCatsThis tweet was posted on March 08, 2018.
RT @airandspace: In 1932, Katherine Cheung became the first woman of Chinese descent to earn a pilot's license in the United States. She pe…This tweet was posted on May 03, 2022.
RT @edbierman: 1915 Panama-Pacific International Expo fans checkout #sfomuseum exhibit of Chinese pagodas from the… https://t.co/2d9tztOonqThis tweet was posted on July 21, 2015.
Renowned designer Christopher Dresser explored and reinterpreted many Japanese forms and motifs. Dresser designed one of the dragon vases for the Old Hall Earthenware Company, which exhibits both Japanese and Chinese influences.
#JaponismeThis tweet was posted on December 13, 2022.
Scenic #wallpaper was manufactured in China for export starting in the late 17th century. Chinese artisans designed these papers specifically for the European and, later, the American market, particularly during the eighteenth century. #ZuberScenicWallpaperThis tweet was posted on December 05, 2019.
Some #Chinese myths insist that #cats can see spirits in the dark, which may explain the prevalence of cat-shaped night-lights such as this one during the latter part of the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). #CaticonsThis tweet was posted on September 29, 2018.
Spaces between the fiber strips of this Chinese rattan pillow provided ventilation & a cool place to rest your head: http://t.co/B0S9MB7WThis tweet was posted on July 11, 2012.
Sweden's Berndt Friberg borrowed from traditional Chinese techniques in making his distinctly Scandinavian ceramics: http://t.co/gUcWNrwSThis tweet was posted on August 28, 2012.