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Outside the Louvre

Paris Journal Update (Week 2)

By Jenn | March 21, 2013

We’re all feeling better so as promised, here’s the continuation of our Paris Journal Update (Week 2), a quick run down of our second week in Paris:

Matthew, Jenn, Gayook, Wong Dr. Jeff Cody

Paris Journal Update (Week 1)

By Jenn | March 11, 2013

Well I promised updates and some of you have read my mother’s blog so you know some of what has been going on in Paris.  We flew home safely this week and all immediately got sick and are still recovering!  But here’s our Paris Journal Update, a quick run down of our first week in…

1925 Paris Expo Chinese Display Entry designed by Liu Jipiao

Paris Bound!

By Jenn | February 15, 2013

So my family and I are Paris bound! I can’t believe that by the time you read this, we will be there. When we started researching Gong’s work (I call him Gong gong meaning “mother’s father”) we thought that eventually we should travel to Paris to research his life there, follow in his footsteps.  We…

Educational Pavilion designed by Liu Jipiao for the Westlake Expo 1929

Westlake 1929 to Shanghai Expo 2010

By Jenn | February 7, 2013

One of the first indications to us that my grandfather played a part in Chinese Modern Architecture was when we first met Kenneth Klein, Head of the USC East Asian Library and Lillian Yang a bibliographer that works closely with him.

Jennifer with Grandfather and Grandmother 1967. Jackson , NJ

Granddaughter Tells Story…

By Jenn | February 5, 2013

My name is Jennifer Wong and I am the granddaughter of Liu Jipiao (劉旣漂).  My grandfather left our family in possession of all his artwork, furniture, photos and blueprints that he did since he came to America in 1947.

Liu learned the art of designing porcelain at a factory in jingdezhen.

Jingdezhen: Study of Porcelain Design

By Jenn | February 5, 2013

When Liu Jipiao was a young boy his family lived in Jingdezhen, Kangxi Province- the “Porcelain Capitol” of China.  According to my grandfather, he was fascinated by the process in which the famous porcelain pottery was produced.

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