A subtle fusing of influences drawn
from the East and the West softly permeates Wo paintings. He combines
his strong heritage of Chinese brushwork and principles with his free
translucent washes, punctuated with delicate linear accents and birds,
fish and flowers. Ethereal light bathes his pictures and gives his work
a quivering life. A native of China, who studied art at his early years
in China and Hong Kong with Prof. Chao Shao-An. He migrated into the
United States and settled in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and five
children in 1975. His paintings have been exhibited in Canada,
Australia, and throughout the Orient and the United States.
Wo is an admirer of nature. His
paintings are the result of his effort to share with others the moments
of joy, which he has experienced in his contact with the myriad
phenomena of nature. His mastery of the brush and paint has enabled him
to express freely the poetic mood of the beautiful things he encountered
and the untrammeled spirit of the artist himself through the depiction
of the living creatures, objects and scenes in nature. Among the more
familiar themes of his paintings are birds, flowers, landscapes, plants
and animals as well as their combinations. The dexterity of Wo's brush
has the power of that magic touch which turns these common themes in the
material world into symbols of happiness, friendliness, peace,
gentleness, tranquillity, harmony and other good qualities of nature.
Every painting of Wo is a poem in praise of nature. While the poet
glorified nature in words, Wo praises the goodness of nature in paint.
C. C. Wang
Chronological
Notes
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1927
Born in Quangdong, China
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1947
Attended International Art School, Hong Kong
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1949 Studied
with Prof. Chao Shao-An of Lingnan School
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1954 Two-Men
Exhibition - Auckland Society of Art, New Zealand
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1955
One-Man Exhibition - St John's Cathedral Hall, Hong Kong
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1956
One-Man Exhibition - St John's Cathedral Hall, Hong Kong
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1957 One-Man
Exhibition - Cecil Arts, Hong Kong , Art Tour
to Japan
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1958
Married Miss Margaret Chan
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1959 One-Man
Exhibition - St John's Cathedral Hall, Hong Kong
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1959
Birth of his daughter, Teresa
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1960
One-Man Exhibition - Loyola College, McGill University, Montreal,
Canada, Birth of his son, Andrew
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1961
Joint Exhibition - Chinese Culture Foundation in Honolulu
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1962 Joint
Exhibition of Lingnan School in Taiwan
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1964
One-Man Exhibition - Joint Travelling Exhibition in West Germany
,Birth of his son, John
One-Man Exhibition - The Peninsula
Hotel, Hong Kong
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1965 One-Man
Exhibition - Berresford Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA., USA
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1966
One-Man Exhibition - Springfield Art Museum MO., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Albrecht Art
Center, MO., USA.
One-Man Exhibition ' Berresford
Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA., USA
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1967
One-Man Exhibition - University of Connecticut, CT., USA
One-Man Exhibition - American Club,
Tokyo, Japan.
One-Man Exhibition - Berresford
Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA., USA
Publication of "Henry Wo Yue-Kee's
Chinese Paintings"
One-man Exhibiton - "Lotus Paintings"
The Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong
Birth of his daughter, Bernadette
One-Man Exhibition - The Peninsula
Hotel, Hong Kong
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1968 One-Man
Exhibition - Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Singapore
One-Man Exhibition - Samat Gallery,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
One-Man Exhibition - Apollo Gallery,
Hong Kong
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1969
Exhibition Tours to the United States
One-Man Exhibition - Stanford
University, California, USA
One-Man Exhibition - The China
Institute, New York, NY., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Agra Gallery,
Washington, D. C. USA
One-Man Exhibition - Berresford
Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA., USA
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1970 Publication
of "Drawings by Henry Wo Yue-Kee"
One-Man Exhibition - US Culture
Center, Hong Kong
One-Man Exhibition - Hong Kong
Hilton, Hong Kong
One-Man Exhibition - Berresford
Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA., USA
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1971
One-Man Exhibition - Taipei Provincial Museum, Taiwan, R. O. C.
One-Man Exhibition - Bruce Museum,
Greenwich, CT., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Bradford
Galleries, Austin, TX., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Beverley Braley
Gallery, Bryan, TX., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Quadrangle
Galleries, Dallas, TX., USA
Publication of "Chinese Watercolours
of Henry Wo Yue-Kee"
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1972 One-Man
Exhibition - City Hall Art Gallery, Hong Kong
Exhibition Tour to the United States
One-Man Exhibition - St. John
University, New York, USA
One-Man Exhibition - Mobile Art
Museum, AL., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Berresford
Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Intown Club,
Cleveland, OH., USA
Demonstration of Chinese Painting -
Yale University
One-Man Exhibition - Agra Gallery,
Washington, D. C. USA
One-Man Exhibition - Present Day
Club, Princeton, NJ., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Quadrangle
Galleries, Dallas, TX., USA
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1973 One-Man
Exhibition - Spiva Art Center, Tulsa, OK., USA
One-Man Exhibition - The Peninsula
Hotel, Hong Kong
One-Man Exhibition - Marco Polo
Hotel, Singapore
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1974 One-Man
Exhibition - City of Hamilton Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia
Painting Trip to Quilin, China
One-Man Exhibition - Quadrangle
Galleries, Dallas, TX., USA
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1975 One-Man
Exhibition - "Farewell Hong Kong", City Hall Art Gallery, Hong Kong
One-Man Exhibition -
Japanese-Canadian Culture Center, Toronto, Canada
One-Man Exhibition - Tolley
Galleries, Washington, D. C. USA
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1976 One-Man
Exhibition - Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, CA., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Fairhope Art
Center, AL., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Golden Door
Gallery, New Hope, PA., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Coker College,
SC., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Granary Gallery,
Martha's Vineyard MA., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Graham Gallery,
New York NY., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Newman
Galleries, Philadelphia, PA., USA
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1977 One-Man
Exhibition - Coffey Thompson Gallery, Charlotte, NC., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Galleria Louisa,
Grand Rapids, MI., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Arts of Asia,
Rochester, MN., USA
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1978
One-Man Exhibition - Tolley Galleries, Washington, D. C. USA
One-Man Exhibition - A. B. Closson
Gallery, Cincinnati, OH., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Newman
Galleries, Bryn Mawr, PA., USA
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1979
One-Man Exhibition - Westmoreland County Museum of Art,
Greensburg, PA., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Tolley
Galleries, Washington, D. C., USA
One-Man Exhibition - City Hall Art
Gallery, Hong Kong
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1980 One-Man
Exhibition - The Fine Arts Museum of the South At Mobile, AL., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Anthenaeum Art
Museum, Alexandria, VA, USA
One-Man Exhibition - Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, MD., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Shippensburg
State College, PA., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Newman
Galleries, Philadelphia, PA., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Tolley
Galleries, Washington, D. C. USA
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1981 One-Man
Exhibition - Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts, Roanoke, VA., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Coffey Thompson,
Charlotte, NC., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Twentieth
Century Gallery, Williamsburg, VA., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Tolley
Galleries, Washington, D. C. USA
Painting Trip to China
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1982 One-Man
Exhibition - The Fine Arts Museum of the South At Mobile, AL., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Littlehouse Art
Center, Birmingham, AL., USA
One-Man Exhibition - A. B. Closson
Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, USA
One-Man Exhibition - Newman
Galleries, Bryn Mawr, PA., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Meinhard
Galleries, Houston, TX., USA
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1983 One-Man
Exhibition - Tolley Galleries, Washington, D. C. USA
One-Man Exhibition - Callaway
Galleries, Rochester, MN., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Edgartown
Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA., USA
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1984 One-Man
Exhibition - Zhong Guo Mei Shu Guan, Beijing, P.R.C.
One-Man Exhibition - City Hall Art
Gallery, Hong Kong
One-Man Exhibition - Prince Royal
Galleries, Alexandria, VA., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Golden Door
Gallery, New Hope, PA., USA
Painting Trip to China
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1985
One-Man Exhibition - Littlehouse Art Center, Birmingham, AL., USA
One-Man Exhibition - A. B. Closson
Gallery, Cincinnati, OH., USA
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1986
One-Man Exhibition - Poisson D'or Gallery, St. Martin, West
Indies
One-Man Exhibition - Tatem Galley,
Ft. Lauderdale, FL., USA
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1987 One-Man
Exhibition - Granary Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Golden Door
Gallery, New Hope, PA., USA
One-Man Exhibition - The Cave Art
Center, Taipei, R. O. C.
Painting Trip to China
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1988 One-Man
Exhibition - Prince Royal Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
One-Man Exhibition - Granary Gallery,
Martha's Vineyard, MA., USA
One-Man Exhibition - The Art League,
Alexandria, VA., USA
One-Man Exhibition - J. Toed
Galleries, Wellesley, MA., USA
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1989
One-Man Exhibition - The Fine Arts Museum of the South At Mobile,
AL., USA
One-Man Exhibition - The Granary
Gallery, Martha's Vineyard MA., USA
1990 One-Man Exhibition - York College,
York, PA., USA
One-Man Exhibition - Chinese Culture
Institute, Boston, MA., USA
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1991 One-Man
Exhibition - The Granary Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA., USA
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1992 One-Man Exhibition - The Civic Garden Centre, Toronto,
Canada
One-Man Exhibition - Eastern Shore
Art Center, Fairhope, AL., USA
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1993
One-Man Exhibition - Leech Gallery, Sarasota, FL., USA
One-Man Exhibition - The National
Museum of History, Taipei, R. O. C.
One-Man Exhibition - Fung Ping Shan
Museum, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
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1994 One-Man
Exhibition - Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, R. O. C.
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1996
One-Man Exhibition - Hong Kong Jockey Club for the benefit of Our
Lady of Maryknoll Hospital, Hong Kong
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1997 One-Man
Exhibition - Dr. Sun Yat-San, Memorial Museum for the benefit of
Cardinal Tin.Hospital, Tapei, R. O. C.
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1998
Tapei 1998 International Art Festival, R. O. C.
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