Details
DING YANYONG (1902-1978)
Opera Figures
A pair of scrolls, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
Each scroll measures 33.5 x 34 cm. (13 14 x 13 38 in.)
One scroll entitled, inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
One scroll inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated bingchen year (1976)
Both dedicated to Xinying (Ma Shun Ying)
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Yorkie Tam (譚又維)Associate Vice President, Specialist, Chinese Paintings
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Lot Essay

Ma Shun Ying is well-known in Hong Kong for serving as voluntary director of the Young Women’s Christian Association and director of the True Light Girls’ School. She loves art and works diligently to create many artworks. She studied under many masters, including Gao Qifeng, Cai Peizhu, Ding Yanyong, Li Fanping, Huang Junbi, Lin Jiantong, and Liang Zijiang. Among them, Ding Yanyong was the most influential to her. She received many works of very high quality with diverse themes. Her husband Wong Wing Seen and her eldest son Wong Kwok Learn are both accountants. The collection also consists of paintings dedicated to them, manifesting the close relationship between the family and the artists.

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