{"product_id":"mignonette-yin-cheng-9781555953577","title":"Mignonette Yin Cheng","description":"\u003cp\u003eMignonette Yin Cheng has been honoured with considerable regional  national  and international awards and exhibitions.  Her work is represented in numerous private and public collections  such as Springfield Art Museum  Springfield  Missouri; Ford Motor Company  Dearborn  Michigan; and Proctor \u0026amp; Gamble  Cincinnati  Ohio.  Born in Amoy  China  in 1933  Mignonette received her initial training at the Russian Art Academy in Shanghai and Chao Shao-An Studio in Hong Kong. In 1958  Mignonette received a full scholarship to attend Ohio University in Athens  Ohio  and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree  cum laude. One year later  she completed her thesis and a solo exhibition  Chinese Painting and Western Emblems: A Comparative Study  and received a Master of Fine Art degree. She was a professor emerita of painting at the University of Michigan School of Art \u0026amp; Design  having taught there for more than 30 years.  \"In her irrepressible joy of painting and teaching  Mignonette Yin Cheng combined both Western and Eastern disciplines to form a singular vision \" writes Rene M. Yin Cheng in her insightful and detailed essay. In addition to gaining mastery with watercolors  Cheng also produced striking oil  gouache  and wax-emulsion collage pieces. She passed away in Ann Arbor  Michigan  in 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67923872022581,"sku":"ByrdShop_1555953573","price":85.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781555953577.jpg?v=1794117589","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/mignonette-yin-cheng-9781555953577","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}