Dong Kingman (1911 -2000) is recognized as one of the premier watercolor masters in America, receiving every major award for watercolors, including two Guggenheim Fellowships (1942/1943), a Metropolitan Museum of Art Award (1975) and the American Watercolor Society's Dolphin Medal (1987). Dong Kingman's work is represented in the permanent collections of many museums and universities, including the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Hirshhorn Museum, Art Institute of Chicago and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.