Yuan Hongshu (1910-2012), originally from Dongguan, Guangdong province, was the son of renowned poet and educator Yuan Congzhou. Yuan grew up surrounded by Chinese paintings and culture. After moving to Hong Kong in 1949, he worked in education and became active in the art and cultural circle. Later Yuan studied under Ding Yanyong to befriended the master, subsequently assisting Ding to edit and publish his exhibition catalogue in 1973. Yuan amassed a collection of Ding’s paintings over the years; in the 1990s, he generously donated over a hundred ink and oil paintings of Ding Yanyong to the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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