Family Story

Surviving relatives of Liu Jipiao

Following the Bread Crumbs

Again, I am in awe at how all events are converging, how each juncture seems to lead us to the next. It is almost like the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale where they dropped bread crumbs so they could find their way back.

Zao Wu Ji (1920 -2013) 1966 triptych, entitled "01.04.66."

Zao Wu-ki (1920-2013)

I just recently learned from a scholar friend of mine in Lyon, France, that Zao Wu-ki (Zao Wuji) passed away Tuesday, April 9  at his home in Switzerland at age 93.  

Temple Memorial

Lyon Library Research Results

Well we’ve been back for about a month now…has it really been that long?? We’ve been able to get back into the swing of things here in LA but we really miss Paris!  

Cite de l’architecture et du patrimione interior

We’re Exhibiting in Paris Fall 2013!

Surprise! We will be returning to Paris in October 2013.  We have been invited to display my father’s architectural designs at the Cite d’Architecture in their October 16, 2013 to February 17, 2014 Art Deco Exhibition,“Art Deco style Made in France“.

Outside the Louvre

Paris Journal Update (Week 2)

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)

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…

View from Rue de Regnard where Liu Jipiao lived in Paris as a student.

My Father’s Paris Home

Once again, Paris has been and continues to be, for me, a place where dreams come true, even dreams that I didn’t know I had. Personal and professional, researching my father’s work, meld together in one steady stream of life.

Gayook and Liu Jipaio in NYC

Reflections of Paris and Father

It’s early morning, the day after the conference, and I can’t sleep. I woke up in the dark, feeling emotionally raw as I gaze outside my bedroom window at the Paris rooftops, waiting for the dawn to come.  I reflect on and attempt to allow my mind, body and spirit to absorb the very personal…

Paris 1920's

My Return to Paris

As I get ready to leave for Paris, I am remembering the first time I went. It was in the Fall of 1995, after my first bout with cancer. And, here I am about to go again, shortly after my second bout.  What is it about Paris that is so alive for me, especially after…

Liu and Gayook 1943 Shanghai

Words From Eldest Daughter Gayook

I am Gayook Wong (nee Liou) and the eldest daughter of Liu Jipiao, known in the U.S. as Kipaul Liou. In 1947, at the age of 3 and 1/2, my parents and I traveled to the United States from China, never to return after the Communist Revolution in 1949

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