LUI SHOU KWAN (LÜ SHOUKUN, 1919-1975)

LUI SHOU KWAN (LÜ SHOUKUN, 1919-1975)
Landscape
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
46 x 77 cm. (18 1/8 x 30 3/8 in.)
With three seals of the artist

SPECIALIST'S NOTES
Lui Shou Kwan moved to Hong Kong from Guangzhou in 1948. His interest in Chinese paintings was cultivated by his father who was also a Chinese painter. Despite having trained in economics, Lui was determined to become an artist. He worked in the Hong Kong and Yaumatei Ferry Company as an inspector as well as working part-time as an artist, teacher and writer for art-related publications.

Lui Shou Kwan’s unique style emerged from his extensive knowledge of Chinese art history and classical ink painting technique. In the 1960s, he reached the peak of his career with a series of abstract paintings, the Zen series, which is characterised by broad and free calligraphic brushstrokes and ink washes. A sense of tradition echoes in all of Lui’s works, seen from Taoist and Buddhist motifs such as lotus and flames or landscapes of Hong Kong. This universal and spiritual dimension gives his paintings a timeless appeal.