LUIS CHAN (CHEN FUSHAN, CHINA, 1905-1995)

Mr. Sin-ming Shaw was a connoisseur of Hong Kong avant garde art since the early 1980s. Among the earliest collectors of Luis Chan, he was attracted by the unique painting language of the artist. In the two paintings from Mr. Shaw’s collection, the artist’s treatment of colour and character was uninhibited, bold and playful – his approach was intuitive and otherworldly. Luis Chan stood out as completely different from his contemporary modern painters.