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THE CARL AND LENA MA COLLECTION OF CHINESE PAINTING

楔┇⊃⬳⮞䏒ằ⃟䍵啷ᷕ⚳丒䔓ġġġ

Carl, Chi-Hsun, and Lena, Bao-Qi, Ma
楔┇⊃冯⬳⮞䏒ằ⃟

Carl, Chi-Hsun, Ma (1925-2006) was the
son of the renowned Professor Ma Yue-Han
(1882-1966), deputy to the National People’s
Congress from Tsing-Hua University in
China. Mr. Carl Ma was a highly respected
pilot, engineer and an accomplished air
transportation commerce entrepreneur
of great generosity. At the age of 17, Mr. Ma
joined the Chinese Air Force as a Þ ghter pilot
of the Fifth Fighter Group of the Chinese-
American Composite wing (also famously
referred to as the Flying Tigers) and
completed nearly 100 successful combat
missions. The pilots in the Fifth Fighter Group
received the Distinguished Flying Cross Unit
Citation issued by the United States Forces
楔┇⊃炷1925-2006炸㗗ᷕ⚳叿⎵橼做䎮 楔┇⊃⃰䓇⼴Ἦᷣ䭉⎘䀋㝸ᷣ天凒䨢℔⎠
in China for their outstanding gallantry and
婾⭞ˣ橼做㔁做⭞ˣ㶭厗⣏⬠㔁㌰⍲Ṣ⣏ ⛐⊿伶ⶪ⟜䘬㉻⺋⍲忳䆇炻㤕䷦㔸䃞ˤṾ
extraordinary achievements. In 1948 Mr. Ma
ẋ堐楔䲬侘炷1882-1966炸ᷳ⫸ˤ楔┇⊃⃰ 䓙㬌䳸嬀Ḯ䔞㗪⭻⯭⶜大⼴怟≈ⶆ䘬⻝⣏
married Lena, Bao-Qi, Ma (1925-1992), an
䓇㗗ᶨỵ叿⎵䘬梃埴⒉ˣⶍ䦳ⷓ炻怬㗗ᶨ ⋫⃰䓇炻᷎ㄟㄐ⸓≑Ḯ⣏⋫⃰䓇⮯℞㚠䔓
esteemed physical education teacher and a
ỵ⎌忻䅙儠䘬凒忳ẩ㤕⭞ˤ17㬚㗪炻⮹⸜ 啷⑩⍲冒⶙䘬ἄ⑩忳⼨ᶾ䓴⎬⛘ˤ⣏⋫⃰
head coach at Tsing-Hua University.
楔┇⊃ὧ≈ℍḮ䨢幵ᷕ伶㶟⎰倗昲䫔Ḽ梃 䓇䁢俲堐嫅シ炻䈡⛘怨婳楔㮷⣓⨎㕤1973
A successful businessman, Mr. Ma became
埴昲炷⌛叿⎵䘬ˬ梃嗶昲˭炸炻⼴⬴ㆸḮ ⸜⇘℞≈ⶆ⭻㇨炻⎴㗪䔓㬌匟剙᷎ᶲ㫦岰
a senior executive of the major airline
役ᶨ䘦㫉ἄ㇘ả⊁ˤἄ䁢⮵䫔Ḽ梃埴昲⛐ Ḱ楔㮷⣓⨎ˤ
based in Taiwan to oversee its Marketing
㇘䇕ᷕ堐䎦劙≯䃉䓷⍲‹↢ἄ㇘ㆸ䷦䘬堐
and North American operations. In this
⼘炻梃埴⒉Ᾱ悥䌚⼿Ḯ伶⚳䨢幵⛐ᷕ⚳枺
capacity, he met and assisted Zhang
䘤䘬‹↢梃埴⋩⫿⊃䪈ˤ1948⸜炻楔┇⊃
Daqian in transporting his paintings to
冯㶭厗⣏⬠ᷣ㔁䶜ˣ叿⎵橼做㔁做⭞⬳⮞
di$ erent destinations around the world. In
䏒炷1925-1992炸䳸䁢ằ⃟ˤ
gratitude of their friendship, Zhang Daqian
invited Mr. Ma and his family to his studio
where, in 1973, he gifted and dedicated the
Dancing Lotus to Mr. Ma.