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Victoria Peak
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Artist
Huang Bore
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Year
1958
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Media
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
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Dimensions
127.8 x 66.8 cm
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Museum No.
FA2010.0009
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Artist Bio
Born in Dongguan and brought up in Guangzhou, Guangdong, Huang Bore (Wong Po-yeh) spent the latter part of his life in Hong Kong. From 1949 when he settled in Hong Kong up to 1968 when he passed away, he was an active figure on the local cultural scene. He was also a keen hiker. From the early 1950’s on, he would join the Yung Sheh hikers on weekly trips to various parts of the Island, Kowloon, the New Territories, and the outlying islands. He was keen to explore the many landscapes and scenery of Hong Kong and transform the sketches and drawings en plein air into Chinese paintings. They show the signature style of this hiker-painter, and made him the forerunner of a school of artists who use the Chinese painting idiom to capture the landscape of Hong Kong.
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Description
A landmark of Hong Kong, the Victoria Peak used to be called the “Red Censer Peak” before it was renamed by the British. A hike around the peak along Lugard Road offers a captivating view of the Victoria Harbour, Lei Yue Mun in the east and the Green Island in the west. A descent southwards leads to the Pok Fu Lam Reservoir or the Aberdeen Reservoir via Keung Fa Kan. Huang Bore’s Victoria Peak of 1958 shows a section of a hillside pathway seen from the western end of Lugard Road with the lighthouse of the Green Island in the distance The “blue green landscape” style Huang uses here comes from an ancient tradition that dates back to the Tang and Song periods, and demonstrates his successful rendering of fusing a modern landscape with ancient use of colour and technique.
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—Collection of Hong Kong Museum of Art
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