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Tai-keung Kan BIOGRAPHY
Born 1942. Known for: Painting.
Born in Panyu, Guangdong, in 1942, Kan Tai-Keung was deeply influenced by his grandfather, Yao Sheung, and became passionate about painting from childhood on. He moved to Hong Kong in 1957, and... Read full biography
Born in Panyu, Guangdong, in 1942, Kan Tai-Keung was deeply influenced by his grandfather, Yao Sheung, and became passionate about painting from childhood on. He moved to Hong Kong in 1957, and worked as an apprentice tailor there for ten years. In 1964, Kan started to learn watercolor painting and... Read full biography
Born in Panyu, Guangdong, in 1942, Kan Tai-Keung was deeply influenced by his grandfather, Yao Sheung, and became passionate about painting from childhood on. He moved to Hong Kong in 1957, and worked as an apprentice tailor there for ten years. In 1964, Kan started to learn watercolor painting and sketching with his uncle Han May-Tin. Later he took a Chinese ink painting course from Lui Shou-kwan and an applied design course from Wucius Wong at the Department of Extramural Studies, Chinese... Read full biography
Born in Panyu, Guangdong, in 1942, Kan Tai-Keung was deeply influenced by his grandfather, Yao Sheung, and became passionate about painting from childhood on. He moved to Hong Kong in 1957, and worked as an apprentice tailor there for ten years. In 1964, Kan started to learn watercolor painting and sketching with his uncle Han May-Tin. Later he took a Chinese ink painting course from Lui Shou-kwan and an applied design course from Wucius Wong at the Department of Extramural Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 1967, Kan Tai-Keung started his career as a designer, and he founded his own company in 1976. He has exhibited his paintings in Hong Kong and abroad since the 1970s and his works are in the permanent collections of numerous... Read full biography
Born in Panyu, Guangdong, in 1942, Kan Tai-Keung was deeply influenced by his grandfather, Yao Sheung, and became passionate about painting from childhood on. He moved to Hong Kong in 1957, and worked as an apprentice tailor there for ten years. In 1964, Kan started to learn watercolor painting and sketching with his uncle Han May-Tin. Later he took a Chinese ink painting course from Lui Shou-kwan and an applied design course from Wucius Wong at the Department of Extramural Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 1967, Kan Tai-Keung started his career as a designer, and he founded his own company in 1976. He has exhibited his paintings in Hong Kong and abroad since the 1970s and his works are in the permanent collections of numerous museums in the region. Kan's talent for design is evident in his ambitious calligraphic pain... Read full biography
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Born in Panyu, Guangdong, in 1942, Kan Tai-Keung was deeply influenced by his grandfather, Yao Sheung, and became passionate about painting from childhood on. He moved to Hong Kong in 1957, and worked as an apprentice tailor there for ten years. In 1964, Kan started to learn watercolor painting and sketching with his uncle Han May-Tin. Later he took a Chinese ink painting course from Lui Shou-kwan and an applied design course from Wucius Wong at the Department of Extramural Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 1967, Kan Tai-Keung started his career as a designer, and he founded his own company in 1976.
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