Kan Tai-Keung Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Chinese, b. 1942
Kan Tai-Keung was born in Panyu, Guangdong, in 1942. He was deeply influenced by his grandfather, Yao Sheung and became passionate about painting from childhood on. Tai-Keung moved to Hong Kong in 1957 and worked as an apprentice tailor there for 10 years. In 1964, he started to learn watercolor painting and sketching with his uncle Han May-Tin. Later, he took a Chinese ink painting course from Lui Shou-Kwan and an applied design course from Wucius Wong at the Department of Extramural Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 1967, Tai-Keung started his career as a designer and he founded his own company in 1976. He has exhibited his paintings in Hong Kong and abroad since the 1970s, and his works are in the permanent collections of numerous museums in the region.
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Artist: Kan Tai-Keung
KAN TAI-KEUNG Spring Mountain 1978 Modern Chinese WC Sumi Painting blue green
By Kan Tai-Keung
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
This painting is illustrated in color in the the book, "PAINTINGS BY KAN
TAI-KEUNG 1970-1979" page 51. Published by S S Design & Production, Hong
Kong, 1980.
A copy of this book will accompany the painting.
Born in Panyu, Guangdong, in 1942, Kan Tai-Keung was deeply influenced by his grandfather, Yao Sheung, and became passionate about painting from childhood on. He moved to Hong Kong in 1957, and worked as an apprentice tailor there for ten years. In 1964, Kan started to learn watercolour painting and sketching with his uncle Han May-Tin. Later he took a Chinese ink painting course from Lui Shou-kwan and an applied design course from Wucius Wong...
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1970s Modern Kan Tai-Keung Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper
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