An Unfaded Legacy
When Wen Ting walked into the International House in New York City for the first time in 2018, she felt a spiritual connection with her great grandfather Wen Yiduo, who used to live on the ninth floor of the building 95 years ago.
Wen Yiduo (1899-1946), one of the prominent poets in early 20th century China, was among the students chosen by the government in 1922 to pursue fine arts and literature in the U.S. He went to Chicago first but his last stop in the U.S. was the Art Students League in New York, a private art school.
While studying there, he lived in the International House, a community of students and
