Moonlight in VernazzaHe was born in 1962 in China at the times of the Cultural Revolution. At age five he worked at a construction site delivering big baskets of gravel . He was lucky enough to survive an accident there.
At age eleven Cao Yong started drawing and had to skip meals and to pawn clothes to buy art supplies. At 16 he took the exam for the Art Universities scoring the highest marks, but was rejected because of his family's previously distinguished background. A year later he was admitted to Henan University and received his BFA in 1983.
The Luxembourg Garden
Garden Beauties
Afternoon TeaCao Yong taught at Tibet University after graduation. While exploring and studying cave paintings of Tibet he had lived alone in mountains for about a year. Remarkable series of paintings and his first one-man show in Beijing (1989) were the result of that experience. His huge success alarmed the Chinese authorities -- police arrested him and burnt 7 of his paintings. He managed to escape to Japan with his fiancée Aya Goda.
Catalina
The Garden SplendorIn Japan Cao Yong became the well-known muralist, his Tibet paintings exhibited in the most notable museums and art galleries of Tokyo. The Japanese press called him "an artistic genius of our time."
In 1994 he immigrated to the US and a few years later established his own art publishing company. Now Cao Yong is one of the most collected artists in America.
The garden Pond
My Balcony
Day of Love
Koi Pond
Walk in the Garden
Lovers Under The Rain
Lily Pond
Winds of Love
Friends
Cool Water
Spring Beauty
Voice of East
The Girl and The Musician
Dejavu of Venice
Demi Lune
La Colombe D'Or
The Banks of La Seine
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