Wen Fong | |||||||||||||||
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| 方聞 | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 1930 Shanghai, China | ||||||||||||||
| Died | (aged 88) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Shanghai Jiao Tong University Princeton University | ||||||||||||||
| Known for | Chinese art history | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Constance Tang Fong | ||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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| Fields | Art history | ||||||||||||||
| Institutions | Princeton University Metropolitan Museum of Art | ||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 方聞 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 方闻 | ||||||||||||||
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Wen C. Fong (Chinese: 方聞; pinyin: Fāng Wén; 1930 – October 3, 2018) was a Chinese-American historian of East Asian art. He was the Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Art History at Princeton University, where he taught Chinese art history for 45 years. In 1959 he co-founded the first doctoral program in Chinese art and archaeology in the United States, which was later expanded to include Japan. He served as chairman of Princeton's Department of Art and Archaeology, and as consultative chairman for Asian art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.