Artist:  KEE FUNG NG (Chinese-American, b. 1941)

Title:   "Memories of Chinese Markets on the Water" - circa 1970s

Medium:   Original Oil & Acrylic on canvas stretched over board

Signature:  Hand Signed by the Artist in Oil/Arylic

Provenance:  Hatay Stratton Fine Art, Northampton, Massachusettes

About the Artist:  Kee Fung Ng's reputation as an artist grows year after year, particularly in the 21^st century.   Ng was born in China and graduated from art school in Canton in 1960. By 1968 he had made his way to America, establishing himself in San Francisco's Chinatown, where he gained rapid recognition from collectors.   He began by displaying his work at a few small exhibits around the San Francisco bay area and met with considerable success. His paintings are now displayed throughout the country as well as at his own gallaries.   Mr. Ng was born in 1941 in China and showed his artistic aptitude at an early age. In 1960, he graduated from the Fu-San Art School in Canton. Then he left Red China to join his family in Hong Kong. There, he supported his family by selling his oil paintings. In 1968, he came to the United States and, for several years, struggled to make a living as an artist. Success cam slowly but inevitably.   Mr. Ng specializes in Asian themes in his work and paints equally well in abstract and realistic styles.  His landscapes, flowers and animals, and birds are all delightful as are his much-celebrated seascapes; but today, perhaps, he is best-known for his warm and sensitive portraits of the children of Mainland China, portraits which he paints only from memory.

Kee Fung Ng was born in China in 1941.  Ng graduated from the Fu-San Art School in Canton in 1960.  He immigrated to San Francisco in 1968.  His work includes realistic oils of Chinese children.  Now retired, he continues living in San Francisco. Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940"