Collecting Chinese Art
Collecting Chinese paintings has been a real joy for us. We began
to like Chinese painting when we lived in Manila and traveled a great
deal in Asia. Since we have been in Phoen i x, we have learned so much.
Learning has been a major source of pleasure for us. We have had
excellent teachers and advisors in Claudia Brown and Ju-hsi Chou
and , with them , have had a lot of fun collecting.
When we came to Phoenix in 1977, Marilyn joined the docent
program at Phoenix Art Museum. Soon she started studying Chinese
art in classes taught by Claudia Brown at the Muse um . Roy became
active in the Museum development program and was agreeable to
Marilyn's suggestion that we buy a couple of Chinese paintings for our
home. We were surprised to learn that you could only display them for
a couple of months a year; the two paintings would have to be replaced
every few months. Thus we began collecting Chinese art.
More than anything else, we enjoy sharing our collection. Everywhere the paintings have been show n, we have seen them in new ways
and have seen the appreciation of others for them. Therefore, it gives
us great pleasure to think of them as part of Phoenix Art Museum.
We are also working out a plan to ensu re their perpetual availability
to students and faculty at Arizona State Un iversity . In this way, the
collection will remain "alive " and useful.
We can never thank Claudia Brown and Ju-hsi Chou enough for
giving us the opportunity for such a rewarding endeavor. We also
thank Jim Ballinger, Janet Baker, and the Museum staff for their
wonderful support.
Roy and Marilyn Papp

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