Exhibition of Calligraphy, Paintings & Seal Carvings of Feng Konghou

Introduction

         To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Mr Feng Kanghou, the famous master of the art of seal carving, calligraphy and paintings, his friends and pupils organized an exhibition in the Art Museum of  the Chinese University of Hong Kong in July this year. Master Feng lived in Macao during the 40s and 50s and left many of his art works there. For these reasons and with the support from many friends in Macau and Hong Kong, the Museum of Macao also have the pleasure to show some of the Masters works, so that the public may have the opportunity to appreciate integrally the art of this illustrious artist.

Among hundreds of pieces of art works shown in the exhibition and recorded in the catalogue, the following are worth our special attention. Some of the seals and original chopped paper from the “Ying Chuan Jia Bao” (Chen Family Treasures) carved by Master Feng for the Provincial Secretary Chen Rong in the 30s. Original chopped papers from the seals of  “The Family History of the Zhong’s” carved for Zhong Renjie in the 40s; more original chopped papers from Qian Delou and Yi Yunlou in the 50s, all are excellent art pieces of Master Feng. More than eighty seals and other paintings and calligraphy shown in this exhibition belong to different periods of Master Feng. Most of them have never been shown before. Two rubbings from the stone steles for the Fu Laorong Family “In Memory of My Mother” and “Fu’s Biography” are rare pieces of stone carving by Master Feng during his life time.

The famous painter Deng Feng wrote the inscriptions. The calligraphy and carvings were made by Master Feng. These two pieces are shown for the first time in Macao.