PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR JEREMY BROWN (LOTS 1189-1191)
LUIS CHAN (CHEN FUSHAN, 1905-1995)
Night Landscape
Details
LUIS CHAN (CHEN FUSHAN, 1905-1995)
Night Landscape
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
135 x 68.5 cm. (53 1/8 x 27 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist
Dated 1975
Further inscribed and signed by Bao Shaoyou (1892-1985), with one seal
Night Landscape
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
135 x 68.5 cm. (53 1/8 x 27 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist
Dated 1975
Further inscribed and signed by Bao Shaoyou (1892-1985), with one seal
Further details
Jeremy John Galbraith Brown (1933-2022), educated at Eton College and Cambridge University, had an illustrious career in Hong Kong with Jardine Matheson. He joined the company in Hong Kong 1958 and held key positions, including Director of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd., from 1967 to 1984. Brown retired from the Far East in 1978. During his years in Hong Kong, Brown actively supported charities and foundations for opera, music, and art, such as the Hong Kong Arts Festival. Brown also became interested in Chinese art and assembled a collection of paintings and works of art in Hong Kong.
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Carmen Shek Cerne (石嘉雯)
Vice President, Head of Department, Chinese Paintings