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Mountain in the Mist
Details
KOO MEI (GU MEI, B. 1929)
Mountain in the Mist
Hanging scroll
Ink and colour on paper
135 x 66 cm. (53 1/8 x 26 in.)
Executed in 1987
Mountain in the Mist
Hanging scroll
Ink and colour on paper
135 x 66 cm. (53 1/8 x 26 in.)
Executed in 1987
Provenance
Lot 68, 25 November 1987, Fine Modern Chinese Paintings, Sotheby's Hong Kong.
Further details
KOO MEI (B. 1929)
Selected exhibitions
2009 University Museum and Art Gallery, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (solo)
1993 Artpreciation, Hong Kong (solo)
1987 The Art House Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (solo)
1984 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (solo)
1980 Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong (solo)
1978 Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong (group)
1977 Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong (group)
Rockford College, Illinois, USA (group)
Notable collections
Bank of America, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Hutchison House, Hong Kong
Utah State University, Utah, USA
Born in Guangzhou in 1929, Koo Mei emigrated to Hong Kong in 1950 and started studying traditional Chinese painting under Zhao Shao'ang in the early 1960s. She later studied with Hu Nianzu in Taiwan and Lui Shou Kwan in Hong Kong. Having had a successful career as an actress and singer, she devoted herself to painting full-time in 1970 and won the Hong Kong Urban Council Fine Art Award in 1977. After relocating to Vancouver in the mid-1980s, Koo became inspired by the grandeur and beauty of the Canadian landscape in her painting. A skilled landscapist, she often depicts snow-capped mountains and rugged rock formations steeped in mist and clouds, displaying a subtle gradation of ink tones and colour washes. Delicate layers of ink and colour create a sense of movement reflecting the mood of mountains, suggesting a sense of infinite vastness.
Selected exhibitions
2009 University Museum and Art Gallery, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (solo)
1993 Artpreciation, Hong Kong (solo)
1987 The Art House Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (solo)
1984 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (solo)
1980 Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong (solo)
1978 Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong (group)
1977 Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong (group)
Rockford College, Illinois, USA (group)
Notable collections
Bank of America, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Hutchison House, Hong Kong
Utah State University, Utah, USA
Born in Guangzhou in 1929, Koo Mei emigrated to Hong Kong in 1950 and started studying traditional Chinese painting under Zhao Shao'ang in the early 1960s. She later studied with Hu Nianzu in Taiwan and Lui Shou Kwan in Hong Kong. Having had a successful career as an actress and singer, she devoted herself to painting full-time in 1970 and won the Hong Kong Urban Council Fine Art Award in 1977. After relocating to Vancouver in the mid-1980s, Koo became inspired by the grandeur and beauty of the Canadian landscape in her painting. A skilled landscapist, she often depicts snow-capped mountains and rugged rock formations steeped in mist and clouds, displaying a subtle gradation of ink tones and colour washes. Delicate layers of ink and colour create a sense of movement reflecting the mood of mountains, suggesting a sense of infinite vastness.
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