DING YANYONG (1902-1978)

Ma Shun Ying is well-known in Hong Kong for serving as voluntary director of the Young Women’s Christian Association and director of the True Light Girls’ School. She loves art and works diligently to create many artworks. She studied under many masters, including Gao Qifeng, Cai Peizhu, Ding Yanyong, Li Fanping, Huang Junbi, Lin Jiantong, and Liang Zijiang. Among them, Ding Yanyong was the most influential to her. She received many works of very high quality with diverse themes. Her husband Wong Wing Seen and her eldest son Wong Kwok Learn are both accountants. The collection also consists of paintings dedicated to them, manifesting the close relationship between the family and the artists.