Scintillating Hong Kong Harbour (detail)
Description
Wucius Wong, born "Wong Chung Ki" in Dongguan, Guangdong, moved to Hong Kong in 1938 and began learning painting from Lui Shou-kwan in 1958. He graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in the United States with a BFA and an MFA degree in the early 1960's. He was a principal lecturer at the Swire School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic in 1974, and was appointed honorary adviser of the Hong Kong Museum of Art in 1976 before resettling in the United States in 1984. He moved back to Hong Kong in 1996. On returning to Hong Kong in the 1990's, Wong began using scenes of Hong Kong as his subject. This is one of the celebration series for the handover of Hong Kong. It represents his dream of "homecoming". Here he has used geometric elements and Impressionistic stippling techniques to recreate the Hong Kong waterfront, in a romantic vision of a new era and expression of his love for his homeland.
Object Information
Date Created:
1999
Local ID:
AC2006.0106
Collection:
Modern Art
Place of Creation/Discovery:
Hong Kong
Dimensions:
47 x 373.6 cm
Creator(s):
Wucius Wong
Materials:
Ink and colour on paper
Period:
20th Century
Classification:
Chinese landscape painting
Rights:
Hong Kong Museum of Art
