Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA)

The characteristics of mountain landscapes in China and the West:

China: Tall, steep, spectacular mountains, strangely shaped rocks

The West: Hills, grassland, rivers, pleasant scenery 

The characteristics of mountain landscapes in China and the West, and the characteristics of landscape paintings from the two countries:

Huangshan, China: The contours and textures of the mountains are emphasised to express the magnificence of the rocks and mountains. The paintings are not usually colourful.

The UK: The hills are vividly depicted in detail, the colours are realistic, and the beauty of the landscape is expressed realistically. 

The East and the West

Artist Introduction

Video Viewing and appreciation

Analysis of the works

Resource Kit Overview

Let’s explore controlling the brush and ink before making your Chinese ink painting.

Exploring Technique: linear drawing, axe-cut texture strokes and hemp-fibre texture strokes

Let’s observe the composition methods used in various landscape paintings.

Exploring Effects: Painting Composition And Geometric Segregation Approaches

The Bauhaus Design Concepts, grid rearrangement and practicing 

Your Art-making Activity: Modern Ink Painting “Moving Landscape”

Based on the HKMoA collection, this series, ‘In Touch with Hong Kong Artists’, provides education materials and activity sets designed with the aim to raise the interest in artists and art and culture in Hong Kong. In this resource kit, Wucius Wong will be introduced.

Resource Kits

Object Library

Museums

In Touch with Hong Kong Artists: Wucius Wong

The East and the West