Derrick Leung is a freshman at Princeton University and a prospective major in Operations Research and Financial Engineering. He currently serves on the board of the Asian American Students Association as the organization's Treasurer, though he is a born-and-raised Canadian hailing from Toronto, Ontario. Serving on the Business staff of the Daily Princetonian -- the daily campus newspaper, participating in the tightly-knit Manna Christian Fellowship, and running to and from his on-campus employment rounds out his activities.
He became interested in enrolling in his writing seminar, Impressionism: The Making of Modern Art, after deciding to take a risk in his first semester at college by undertaking a course in an unfamiliar field -- art. Apparently, he had failed to master the subtle techniques required of aspiring artists at the easle. And even at the age of eighteen, he wishes to strive beyond being able to draw stick figures on a page. What better way than to forget drawing and begin studying art?
Specifically, the intrigue of art forgeries and their consequent influence over the economics of the art market piqued his interest. After initially researching a topic on Edouard Manet and his beach paintings, he decided to turn towards a fresh direction prior to the completion of his preliminary draft. As a result of his altered plans, he has delivered a thesis centered around the controversy involving the Yasuda copy of Vincent van Gogh's famed Sunflowers.
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