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This collection is offered by a family who were long-time friends of Zhao Shaoang, one of the foremost painters of the Lingnan School. Within the family Chao Tsin (Zhao Zhaojun, b.1909) was particularly close to the painter. Mr. Chao was a well known engraver and worked for the Chung-hwa Book Company. Among his many accomplishments, he prepared the engraving of the image of Sun Yatsen and chose the background painting by Zhao Shaoang that forms the 10,000 note during Republic of China.
Chao Tsin was also an avid patron of the arts and collected paintings throughout his life. While he was closest with Zhao Shaoang, he was also friends with many other artists. Throughout Zhao Shaoang and Chao Tsins long friendship, which spanned more than fifty years, the artist from time to time lived with the latters family. In 1943 they lived together in Pine Forest in Chongqing and again in 1945 in Hong Kong. During these sojourns, Chao Tsin enthusiastically promoted exhibitions of his friends work and in return, he and his family were often given their choice of works by Zhao Shaoang.
ZHAO SHAO'ANG (1905-1998)
Prosperity
細節
趙少昂 富貴榮華 設色紙本 鏡框 一九四六年作
題識：聞諸故老言，鐵樹鮮見開花，既開必有吉祥之兆。八年峰火予與，兆俊宗兄同奔走萬里，自粵、至桂、至湘、至筑以至於巴蜀。頃以勝利次笫歸來，重臨於海隅，相視欣然，而後廬屋後復喜。鐵樹開花真吉祥之兆也，因寫此記之。 卅五年 (1946) 初冬少昂於香島。
鈐印：少昂
趙兆俊家族珍藏中國書畫
趙兆俊與嶺南畫派著名畫家趙少昂關係密切。趙兆俊是著名的雕板大師，任職中華書局，在行內成就非凡。趙少昂的所畫山水，和他雕板孫中山頭像，印制成中華民國一萬元紙幣，尤為得意之作。
趙兆俊熱衷於藝術，贊助畫家無數。他收藏書畫甚豐，趙少昂作品尤其驚人，亦藏不少其他藝術家的作品。趙少昂和趙兆俊友誼長達半個多世紀，趙少昂亦曾長住趙兆俊家，1943年在重慶的松林，1945年在香港，這兩友好均同住一屋簷下。在旅居四川和香港，趙兆俊多方協辦趙少昂畫展，及大力推廣其作品。趙少昂亦常送贈趙兆俊及其家人畫作留念。
題識：聞諸故老言，鐵樹鮮見開花，既開必有吉祥之兆。八年峰火予與，兆俊宗兄同奔走萬里，自粵、至桂、至湘、至筑以至於巴蜀。頃以勝利次笫歸來，重臨於海隅，相視欣然，而後廬屋後復喜。鐵樹開花真吉祥之兆也，因寫此記之。 卅五年 (1946) 初冬少昂於香島。
鈐印：少昂
趙兆俊家族珍藏中國書畫
趙兆俊與嶺南畫派著名畫家趙少昂關係密切。趙兆俊是著名的雕板大師，任職中華書局，在行內成就非凡。趙少昂的所畫山水，和他雕板孫中山頭像，印制成中華民國一萬元紙幣，尤為得意之作。
趙兆俊熱衷於藝術，贊助畫家無數。他收藏書畫甚豐，趙少昂作品尤其驚人，亦藏不少其他藝術家的作品。趙少昂和趙兆俊友誼長達半個多世紀，趙少昂亦曾長住趙兆俊家，1943年在重慶的松林，1945年在香港，這兩友好均同住一屋簷下。在旅居四川和香港，趙兆俊多方協辦趙少昂畫展，及大力推廣其作品。趙少昂亦常送贈趙兆俊及其家人畫作留念。
來源
PRIVATE COLLECTION OF CHAO TSIN