Jeanyee Wong (1920-2017) was a Chinese American artist, illustrator, and calligrapher. Over a career of 70 years, Wong designed, illustrated, and hand-lettered over 40 illustrated books and 2,000 dust jackets. Wong studied in New York under calligrapher George Salter and apprenticed with graphic designer Fritz Kredel, earning her first illustration job at age 20. In 1947, Wong became one of the founders of the Book Jacket Designer Guild. With her unmatchable, steady hand, Wong built up letters with drafting tools or shaped them free-hand so accurately that experienced editors couldn’t tell the difference between her scripts and typographic alphabets. Wong’s work included book jackets for John Updike and Maurice Sendak, lettering on Hermes scarves, and logos for the New York Public Library. This copy of The Flower Lover and the Fairies was illustrated and hand-written in its entirety by Jeanyee Wong.
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Jeanyee Wong
07 August 2019 Posted.
Left: Calligraphy by Jeanyee Wong; Right: Handwritten and illustrated by Jeanyee Wong, Courtesy of Alex Jay, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.
左图：Jeanyee Wong的书法；右图：Jeanyee Wong的手迹与插图，Alex Jay捐赠，美国华人博物馆（MOCA）馆藏
