Type:Physical Object
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Subject:Ink painting, Chinese
Life

Description:This is an ink painting by Wan Qingli (1945-2017). Tiny figures of men and women, including a breast-feeding mother and baby, form the centrepiece of this painting. All naked, they represent the inhabitants of a primitive village, living simple, self-sufficient lives. The controlled and dense brushwork is typical of paintings by Wang Meng(about 1308-1385), a celebrated painter from the late Yuan dynasty(1271-1368) who Wan Qingli greatly admired. [show more]

Type:Physical Object
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Subject:Ink painting, Chinese
Art, Abstract

Description:This is an ink painting by Irene Chou (1924-2011). Swirling calligraphic lines form a mysterious, undulating mass at the centre of this work. While the composition evokes the sun above an undulating sea, it also creates the image of an inner universe, reflecting the artist's thoughts and emotions. [show more]

Type:Physical Object
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Subject:Ink painting, Chinese
Art, Abstract

Description:This is an ink painting by Chui Tze-hung (1936-Present)

Type:Physical Object
Colour

Subject:Ink painting, Chinese
Art, Abstract

Description:This is an ink painting by Chui Tze-hung (1936-Present)

Type:Physical Object
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Subject:Ink painting, Chinese
Plants
Flowers
Lotus
Animals
Butterflies

Description:This is an ink painting by Ye Shaobing (1896-1968)

Type:Physical Object
Colour

Subject:Ink painting, Chinese
Animals
Birds
Plants
Flowers

Description:This is an ink painting by Yung Shau-shek (1907-1996)

Type:Physical Object
Colour

Subject:Ink painting, Chinese
Plants
Flowers
Peonies

Description:This is an ink painting by Pau Siu-yau (1892-1985). The sketch was made using the 'boneless' method, in which washes of colour are applied to the paper without a guiding outline.

Type:Physical Object
Colour

Subject:Ink painting, Chinese
Animals
Birds
Plants
Flowers

Description:This is an ink painting by Chao Shao-an (1905-1998). He created these album leaves after settling in Hong Kong. He is a second-generation painter of the Lingnan School and the School pioneered the reform of the Chinese painting tradition in the early 20th century by 'synthesising Chinese and Western art and harmonising ancient and modern art'. [show more]

Type:Physical Object
Colour

Subject:Ink painting, Chinese
Animals
Gibbons
Plants
Maple

Description:This is an ink painting by Tseng Woon-wan (1915-1996)

Type:Physical Object
Colour

Subject:Ink painting, Chinese
Animals
Lion

Description:This is an ink painting by Chiu Sai-kwong (1916-2007) and inscribed by Chao Shao-an (1905-1998). The inscription states that this work is a copy of a painting by Gao Qifeng (1889-1933), one of the founders of the Lingnan School. Gao's original was made for the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Guangzhou around 1926. It centred on the theme of the revolution. The ferocious-looking lion represents the reformist spirit of the era. The painting shows elements from new Japanese Nihonga (Japanese-style paintings), which combine Western realism and approaches to colour and light with traditional Japanese brushwork, materials and subject matter. [show more]