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Art Brokerage specializes in the artwork of Cao Young. In 1962, at the height of the great famine in China, an extraordinarily gifted child was born into hardship in Xinxian, a small town in Henan Province. Cao Yong's family, already struggling to find enough to eat, was suspected of disloyalty to the new government simply because a great-grandparent had once owned land, real estate, and banks, and because a grandparent had been a warlord. During the Cultural Revolution, this background singled the family out for harsh treatment by the Chinese authorities. Cao Yong's family was ostracized, refused residency permits, and even denied food. While other young children of his age started kindergarten, little Cao Yong began working. At age five, Cao Yong found himself ferrying heavy baskets of gravel at a construction site. One day a rock pit caved in, nearly crushing the tiny boy to death under the rubble. Luckily, Cao Yong survived. It was through drawing that Cao Yong found peace and consolation in those difficult years, and at age eleven his talent was recognized. He began studying with the noted artist Yu Ren from Beijing, who worked briefly in Xinxian. The shadow of ostracism followed him even to art classes, but Cao Yong's remarkable persistence challenged him to paint, and to paint better, each day. In order to buy art supplies, he pawned his winter clothes in summer, his summer clothes in winter, and often skipped meals. He painted on any material he could find: scraps of used wrapping paper, newspaper, discarded wooden boards. When his mother brought him a bundle of dirty cloth which she had begged a shop clerk to give to her, Cao Yong burst into tears of joy: at last he had canvas!
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Cao Yong - Original Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, & Works on Paper |
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Cao Yong
"A La Monet"
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New Listing Original Painting |
Cao Yong
"Central Park (New York)" Original Painting Oil on Canvas 1994 | |
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Cao Yong
"Garden Bench" Original Painting Oil on Canvas
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Cao Yong
"Garden Bridge"
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Available Original Painting |
Cao Yong
"Liberty Goddess" Original Painting Oil on Canvas 1998 | |
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Cao Yong
"Lotus Nymph"
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New Listing Original Painting |
Cao Yong
"Monica with Blue Eyes" Original Painting Oil on Canvas 90's | |
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Cao Yong
"Two Girls in Meadow of Flowers"
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Cao Yong - Limited Edition Signed and Numbered Prints |
Prints Slideshow | |
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Cao Yong
"Deja vu of Venice" Limited Edition Print Giclee on Canvas
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Cao Yong
"Evening In Venice" Limited Edition Print Giclee
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Cao Yong
"Evening in Venice" Limited Edition Print Giclee 1991 | |
New Listing Must Sell! |
Cao Yong
"Garden Arch" Limited Edition Print Giclee on canvas
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New Listing Must Sell! |
Cao Yong
"Koi Pond" Limited Edition Print Hand Embellished Giclee on Canvas
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Cao Yong
"Mediterranean Sunrise" Limited Edition Print Giclee 2004 | |
New Listing Must Sell! |
Cao Yong
"Moment In The Garden" Limited Edition Print Giclee on Canvas
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Cao Yong
"Peacful Cove" Limited Edition Print Giclee on Canvas
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Reduced Must Sell! |
Cao Yong
"Powell Street" Limited Edition Print Hand Embellished Giclee on Canvas
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Reduced Must Sell! |
Cao Yong
"Reading In The Garden" Limited Edition Print Giclee on canvas
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New Listing Must Sell! |
Cao Yong
"Secret Place" Limited Edition Print Giclee on Canvas
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New Listing Must Sell! |
Cao Yong
"Venice Nights, and Day of Love (Set of 2 Prints)" Limited Edition Print Hand Embellished Giclee on Canvas
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