From a Distance: Art Dialogues between Chao Shao-an and Chin Kee
Free Admission
Chao Shao-an Gallery, 1/F
21 September 2022 – 26 February 2024
Presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Organised by the Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Today, distance learning has become popular and commonplace, but can you imagine how Professor Chao Shao-an (1905 – 1998) instructed overseas students to master the art of Lingnan School of Painting, and how he passed on his painting skills and art experiences across the miles more than half a century ago?
This exhibition is a refreshing highlight on painting assignments by Chin Kee (1929 – 2012), a Malaysia based Chinese painter who trained under Chao Shao-an through correspondence between the 1950s and 1960s. The extraordinary display will help you see the art dialogues and actual exchange between the teacher Chao and the student Chin.
Exhibit Highlights
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Maple and leiothrix
Chin Kee
1958 – 1961
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Donated by Family of Late Chin Kee
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Red leaves and mantis
Chin Kee
1958 – 1961
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Donated by Family of Late Chin Kee
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Magnolia and butterfly
Chin Kee
1958 – 1961
Vertical scroll, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Donated by Family of Late Chin Kee
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Egret
Chin Kee
1958 – 1961
Vertical scroll, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Donated by Family of Late Chin Kee
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Lotus
Chao Shao-an
Not dated
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
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White lotus and dragonfly
Chin Kee
1958 – 1961
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Donated by Family of Late Chin Kee
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Plum blossoms
Chao Shao-an
1965
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
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Plum blossom and bee
Chin Kee
1958 – 1961
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Donated by Family of Late Chin Kee
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Camellia
Chin Kee
1958 – 1961
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Donated by Family of Late Chin Kee
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Jumping frog
Chao Shao-an
1993
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
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Frog
Chin Kee
1958 – 1961
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Donated by Family of Late Chin Kee
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Bird on the green bamboo
Chin Kee
1958 – 1961
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Donated by Family of Late Chin Kee
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Magnolia
Chao Shao-an
1965
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
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Purple magnolia
Chin Kee
1958 – 1961
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Donated by Family of Late Chin Kee
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Iris and dragonfly
Chin Kee
1958 – 1961
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Donated by Family of Late Chin Kee
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Snail and bamboo
Chao Shao-an
Not dated
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
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Bamboo and snail
Chin Kee
1958 – 1961
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Donated by Family of Late Chin Kee
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Persimmon and mantis
Chin Kee
1958 – 1961
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Donated by Family of Late Chin Kee
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Bamboo shoot and water chestnut
Chin Kee
1958 – 1961
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Donated by Family of Late Chin Kee
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Birds return on the autumn tree
Chin Kee
1958 – 1961
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Donated by Family of Late Chin Kee
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Ixora
Chin Kee
1958 – 1961
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Donated by Family of Late Chin Kee
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The flying bird
Chin Kee
1958 – 1961
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Donated by Family of Late Chin Kee
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Ginkgo tree and beetle
Chin Kee
1958 – 1961
Album leaf, ink and colour on paper
Collection of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Donated by Family of Late Chin Kee
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