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CHINESE MODERN MART

Luis Ch "Chinese

prove

eigners,

the work of

artists at the

Chinese-E

which is to

N/introducing the

the Chinese

tion of

of

Canton which will be held next Tuesday till Friday at the St.

Francis Hotel and which will be

school

qualities

have certain

iritual, tha

the

there the ality"

schools cominon to a

As the Exhibition of the work Hong Kong school is not yet mature, how ever, I can only confine this arti- de in the Canton school, parti- cularly that of the late Mr. Ko-Ki

Fung, and at the same time illus

trate one of each Exhibitor's work.

Unlike the old traditional me thods, Chinese Modern Art ad- vocates the method of "Writing Life" for the painting of subjects such as flowers, birds, insects, ammals etc.

following by a further Exhibition of the work of Chinese tradi- in resident tional artists Hong Kong who recently parti cipated in the National Art Ex- hibition at Nanking, it is the aim of the Hong Kong Working Ar- tists' Guild to endeavour to pre- sent to the public (especially the

In a chance of European public). studying Chinese Modern Art.

As His Excellency Sir Andrew Caldecott aptly says in his foreword to the Catalogue of my last Second one-man art exhibition held last

October,

in pictorial art the

East and the West still have much to admire in, and a lot to learn from, each other."

In this connection the Hong Kong. Working Artists' Guild is to be con- gratulated for sponsoring such Exhibitions and thus fulfilling what Sir Andrew has said.

Birth Of The Republic

the

it Western term the same thing as "Sketching from Nature," except

may

THE

In other words, and rhythm of the subject marily expressed in a Chinese painting; while in Western 4 such rhythm is always hidden by its complete. realisation of ture.

Preconceived Mind

In Yung Shau Shek's "Landscape at Chung Fa, Canton", such spirit and rhythmn are apparent.

men

Another point worth tioning

the preconceived mind by which a painting is created. In a sense such a term would mean "illustration such as

WORLD GOES BY By" ULYSSES"

VERY now and again there is a Judicial Wit

prodigious burst of pessi- mism by the great ones in England.

Here are a few mournful ancès made recently. Lloyd George:

suc-

BY LUIS

CHAN

we often see in a story magazine; but it is really not so as the pre- conceived mind expresses an idea from its inner motive while an illustration simply illustrates story or fact

In "The Pawnshop"

Keung such Wong Shiu

struck by preconceived idea was the fact that the poor had to pawn their clothing one after another.

Such idea implies the inability of the poor to find other means of help in case of urgency, and when: all their clothing has been pawn- ed their tragical ending can be figured out.

Needless

say in this picture an attempt is made to break away from the convention of the old traditional method by

| introducing proper perspective

and composition of the West.

In Chau Yat Fung's "Landscape e with Pine Tree" however, such westernised composition is infused into the traditional art without becoming too apparent.

Mr. Justice Mackinon, who ceeds Sir Wilfred Greene in utter-Court of Appeal, has uttered some have of the brightest sayings that fallen from the King's Bench judges.

Here are some of them:

"If we don't stand up to these dictators there certainly will be war"

Viscount Cecil Of Chelwood:

In Mr. Ip. Shin Ping "Lotus" the spirit and rhythm of the subject are essentially expressed. Had it been painted in the Western man-

Films. After reading some litera- ture about films in a King's Bench case he said: "It is written in jarer, it would have been arranged "We are faced with a grave dan-gon I don't recognise as English. I artificially, though no doubt artis- ger. War is drawing near and I have always regarded this industically, and then painted realisti- do not think anyone can doubt it" try as the greatest menace that has cally, but as it is in this case, the ever arisen to literature, art and rhythm and the natural growth, of

the subject are more apparent Earl of Mansfield:

In this article on Chinese Mo dern Art as will be seen by the Public, no attempt is made to go fully into historical detail beyond pointing out that the movement in Chinese Modern Art can roughly be said to have been synchronous with the birth of the Chinese ReWe have got to be on friendly public after the Revolution in 1911.

Canton, which was the birth-

be place of the Revolution, came the centre of new artistic ideas, and the new environment inspired artists like the brothers. Ko, Chan Shu Yan, Pau Shin Yan and others.

Although the Exhibitors in the Chinese Fine Arts Club Exhib tion are past students of one of the Ko brothers (the late Mr. Ko Ki Fung), each has his own dividuality.

On

Pau

the othert

hand.

the

Shiu Yau, who principal of the Lai Ching Art College of Hong Kong, is induct ing his students into the new me. thods after revising thoroughly those of the Sung period, and the new school is becoming very in- dividual

Spiritual And Refined

The works sent

terms with the dictator countrie

or sooner or later we shall be forced to fight them

Dr. W. R. Inge

•

civilisation.”

Divorce At Bristol counsel ask

ed an hotel maid whether she took A Great tea up to the bedroom, and the Colourist maid replied, "Yes" Mr. Justice Mackinnon said: "Ah, I was won-

"I merely point out that in Vic-dering when that was coming. You toria's reign the Empire was a go- cannot have a divorce without

mg concern, now it is in danger of cup of tea "

being a gone concern.

I wonder if there is anything the fact that the total of these

ages is 261 years?

The Real English

Football..

"It is probably true that far more people in this country can tell you the name of the Tottenham Hotspur centre-forward than can tell you the name of the Archishop of York. I know one, but not the other

Business phraseology: "Hunting gives me the friendship

most

One hears amazing thing. of the real English people. By far much about acute business men, the most healthy, pleasant, comone finds that when they write let-

In

by Ho Chat Yuen the subject come into the picture. to meet us

Such action suggests a welcome, and we know what they come for

And lastly, but not the least we colour. Shin Ngo In his Cicada the

fcomer

ment of the ndered: under thrilling and fervant blood. But in spite of this, his careful and de- licate

spoilt but rather enhanced delicateness by contrast.

painable English people are the ters they use phrases that are utter compare the inscriptions on the country people who follow hounds.

It is the least snobbish of all pur suits.**

Mr. S. P. B. Mais.

unintelligible

Medical reports:

could get the doctors,

It has been calculated that there end of their reports, in lang are some ten thousand people in intelligible to laymen, what England who participate in hunt-means

ing

Actresses:

ame

The population of England ac-would cording to the latest returns is 37,354,915. Since hunting is car ried on by ten thousand real Eng lish people, how does Mr. S. P. B. towards the remnant of our 137,344,915 people who live in the the ent his school com

sure they yearn for why they do

jonce a ntial feature of the Can- the Maisian approval.

the National Exhibition held at Nanking recently from Hong Kong and which will be seen

tamty

Trespassing

the foliage, we immediately notice the treat- the same and

left hand side

You

ment of both be

the

ndividual character.

Ition