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811
WESLEY TONGSON (1957-2012)
Landscape
Scroll, mounted and framed
Ink and colour on paper
72 x 97 cm. (28 ¡ x 38 º in.)
HK$60,000-80,000
US$7,800-10,000

唐 家 偉（1 9 5 7-2 0 1 2）
山水
設色 紙本 鏡框

款識

唐家偉

鈐印

家偉

The brightly coloured landscape painting of Wesley Tongson offers an
alternative window to look into the artist’s mind. Mostly withdrawn from
the world, Tongson found consolation and joy in the pure act of painting.
Landscape (Lot 811) witnesses his exploration of the splashed ink technique,
which he began to paint as early as the late 1970s while studying in Canada.
With great admiration for 20th century renowned Chinese painter Zhang
Daqian, Tongson’s splashed ink paintings echo the loftiness of the master’s
work. Also in the same technique Tongson created Guanyin (Lot 810) with
a complex composition, revealing subtly a seated Guanyin through a web
of semi-transparent ink washes. One can easily see the artist’s skilful
application of bright mineral colours and his manipulation of the semi-
autonomous method to create an atmospheric mountain landscape.
“I believe that artistic creation requires purity, passion, and integrity,” he
once said, “without which no good work of art can ever be produced.”
唐家偉一生醉心水墨，全心專注於創作，以藝術面對生活的種種困擾。
五光十色的山水創作，正是他快樂的源泉，因此唐氏作品中往往散發出
一股無窮的活力與生命力。《山水》（編號 811）雖未指明創作日期，
作品應作於八〇年代，恰為他探索潑彩潑墨技巧的重要時期。自七〇年
代末起，於加拿大學畫的唐家偉便十分仰慕張大千筆下清高之氣。礦物
顏料的色彩在畫面上自由地流動，極具靈性的筆勢與墨觸可見一斑。《觀
音》（編號 810）構圖複雜，巧妙地隱藏了坐蓮觀音的形象。他曾說：“創
作是極需要有一個純真的性格，真誠也是十分重要的。作品流露出來自
心靈的啟發，那是感情和創作混為一體。”

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