LUI SHOU KWAN (LÜ SHOUKUN, 1919-1975)
Lot 807 LOTS 807-810
PROPERTY OF MR. NELSON LUI CHIN MONG

LUI SHOU KWAN (LÜ SHOUKUN, 1919-1975)

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Closed28 May 2018

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HKD 400,000

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LUI SHOU KWAN (LÜ SHOUKUN, 1919-1975)
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Scroll, mounted and framed
Ink and colour on paper
23.2 x 37.8 cm. (9 1/8 x 14 7/8 in.)
One collector's seal of Mui Sin Ping, the artist's wife, on the reverse

Acquired directly from the artist, thence by descent
From the collection of the artist’s son, Nelson Lui Chin Mong

Specialist note

If the Impressionists had first helped Lui in moving away from the tradition, it was Turner, the great British
painter of the early nineteenth century, who led Lui into the world of modern art. Turner actually preceded the
Impressionists in the use of flickering light effects, but his concern was not in evanescent vision but in expressing
the cosmic forces of nature. Turner portrayed nature in its most dynamic and dramatic moments when it became
almost a pure rhythmic existence. This intrigued Lui greatly and, as a study, he copied Turners Snow Storm in
traditional Chinese media. Now Luis work shifted in a new direction. In Turner, he found new form, new colour
and new space which were unknown to him before.

- Wucius Wong in Lui Shou Kwan, published by Lui Mui Sin-ping, 1979