Lui Shou-kwan - Chinese New Art

Lui Shou-Kwan

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biography

Lui Shou-kwan 呂壽琨 pinyin Lü Shoukun

Lui Shou-kwan ( 1919-1975 ) was born in Guangzhou, in Guangdong Province, China.

His father taught him painting from an early age.

1946

Graduate in economics from the University of Guangzhou, he began to work

as an inspector at the Yaumatei Ferry Company of Hong Kong, while making Chinese

ink paintings close to abstraction, and writing articles on Art for newspapers.

1956

He founded the China Fine Arts Society with Li Yanshan ( 1898-1961 ) and Zhao

Shao'ang (1905-1998 ).

As a member of the Hong Kong Artists Society, he took part to the two group exhibitions

in Hong Kong. ( 1957 ) ( 1960 )

1966

He resigned from his job, gave continuing education courses in ink painting

at the Chinese University and became a lecturer at the University of Hong Kong

( Architecture Department )

1971

The British government awarded him the title of Member of the Order of the British

Empire, for his contribution to the Arts.

1975

He passed away on September 26, in Hong Kong, at the age of 56.

Two commemorative exhibitions were organized to celebrate the centenary

of the birth of the artist :

2018

27.10 07.04 Lui Shou-kwan Centenary: Abstraction, Ink and Enlightenment

Ashmolean Museum Oxford United Kingdomi

2019

25. 03 16.05 Lui Shou-kwan Pioneer of New Ink

Alisan Fine Arts Gallery Hong Kong China

Danièle Sicard

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Collections selection

China
Hong Kong	M +
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Museum of Art

Macao
Macao	Luis de Camões Museum

Taiwan
Taipei	National Museum of History

United Kingdom
Bristol	The City Art gallery
London	The Victoria & Albert Museum
Nottingham	The Castle gallery
Oxford	The Ashmolean Museum

United States
San Francisco	Avery Brundage Foundation
San Francisco	M. H. de Young Museum

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		Solo exhibitions selection

		United States
1960		Stanford Research Institute
		Stanford

		United Kingdom
1961		Hope Hall
		Liverpool

		United Kingdom
1962		Ashmolean Museum
		Oxford

		United Kingdom
1963		Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery
		London

		Hong Kong
1964		City Hall Museum and Art Gallery
		Hong Kong

		United Kingdom
1964		Roland, Browse & Delbanco Gallery
		London

		United Kingdom
1965		Museum and Art Gallery
		Hastings

		United Kingdom
1966		Fermoy Art Gallery
		Lynn

		Hong Kong
1967		Sally Jackson Gallery
		Hong Kong

		United Kingdom
1967		Ashmolean Museum
		Oxford

		United Kingdom
1968		Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
		Swansea

		United Kingdom
1969		Museum and Art Gallery
		Newport

		United Kingdom
1969		South London Art GalLery
		London

		Hong Kong
1970		CJL Gallery
		Hong Kong

		United Kingdom
1973		Covent Garden Gallery
		London

		United Kingdom
1974		Ashmolean Museum
		Oxford

		Hong Kong
1976		Art Museum	Retrospective Lui Shou-Kwan
		Hong Kong

		Hong Kong
1984	21.10 10.12	Alian Fine Arts	Paintings by Lui Shou-Kwan
		Hong Kong

		Hong Kong
1985		Fung Ping Shan Museum	Hong Kong in Ink Moods
		Hong Kong

		Hong Kong
1988	04.03 10.03	Alisan Fine Arts	selected works
		Hong Kong

		China
2002		Museumof Art	Lui Shou-Kwan-New Ink Painting
		Hong Kong

		China
2011	06.04 30.04	Alisan Fine Arts	Hong Kong Master of Ink Art
		Hong Kong

		China
2013	04.10 07.10	Alisan Fine Arts	Zen Ink Art - Lui Shou-Kwan
		Hong Kong

		China
2018		National Art Museum of China	In Search of Zen,
		Beijing	The Art of Lui Shou-Kwan

		United Kingdom
2019	27.10 07.04	Ashmolean Museum	Abstraction,
		Oxford	Ink and Enlightenment

		China
2019	25. 03 16.05	Alisan Fine Arts	Lui Shou-kwan Pioneer of New Ink
		Hong Kong
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		Collective exhibitions selection

		China
1960	1st	International Salon of Paintings
1962	2nd	Modern Literature and Art of H.K
1964	3rd	Hong Kong

		Braziil
1965		Biennial
		Sao Paulo

		United Kingdom
1965		Royal Academy of Art	Trésors du Commonwealth
		London

		China
1969		City Hall Museum and Art Gallery	Exposition d'art contemporain
		Hong Kong	de Hong Kong

		United States
1971		Lee Nordness Galleries	Artistes chinois contemporains
		New York

		United States
1972		Pacificulture Museum	Artistes de Hong Kong
		Pasadena

		Hong Kong
1974		Hong Kong Arts Festival	1ère expo artistes contemporains
		Hong Kong	de Hong Kong

		Hong Kong
1975		Hong Kong Arts Festival	2ème expo artistes contemporains
		Hong Kong	de Hong Kong

		Canada
1980		Galerie années 80	Artistes de Hong Kong
		Toronto

		United States
1982		Arts Hui	Artistes de Hong Kong
		Mineapolis

		Chine
1983		Centre des Arts de Hong Kong
		Hong Kong

		Chine
1995	26.09 14.10	Alisan Fine Art	Lui Shou-kwan and His School
		Hong Kong

		Chine
2007	15.05 14.06	Duolun Museum of Modern Art	Exploration - New Ink Art
		Zhu Qizhan Art Museum	Shanghai 2007
		Shanghai

		China
2007	15.05 15.06	Alisan Fine Art	Exploration - New Ink Art
		Hong Kong	Shanghai 2007
		ShanghAI

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Alisan Fine Arts Hong Kong

www.alisan.com.hk

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	Lui Shou-kwan 1919-1975 and His School	Alisan Fine Arts
	Foreword Alice King	Hong Kong
	introduction by Mayching Kao	1995
	in chinese in english
	45 plates colour
	88 p






	Lü Shoukun New Ink Painting	Leisure and Cultural
	呂壽琨 - 新水墨畫	Services Department
	text : Tang Hoichiu	Hong Kong
	Catalogue in chinese in english	2002
	isbn : 9622151833








	Lui Shou-kwan 呂壽琨	Alisan Fine Arts
	Zen Ink Art 禪的水墨藝術	Hong Kong
	prefaced by : Alice King	2013
	essay: Michael Sullivan
	35 plates colour
	in english in chinese
	52 p





	A Legacy of Ink	Alisan Fine Arts
	Lui Shou-kwan - 40 Years On	Hong Kong
	avant-propos Daphne King Yao	2015
	essays : Tang Hoi-chiu, Pi Daojian
	Shelagh Vainker
	63 plates colour
	in chinese in english
	192 p




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