About Jeni Andrews-Fraser Expertise Any questions relating to the art (painting, sculpture, design) and architecture of historical periods from the ancient Greeks to our modern age (roughly 600BC to 2000 AD). Please Note: I DO NOT undertake vaulations for artworks - for these, you need to contact a fine art dealer.
Experience Experience in the area:Course leader/lecturer - art history; Contextual studies lecturer (Foundation Art & Design degree); senior examiner (National UK Board) Organizations: Association of Art Historians
Institute of Educational Assessors
Education/Credentials: MA History of Art (Falmouth College of Art); BA Fine Art
Question in the early 1970's my family lived in Hong Kong and my mother purchased an oil painting by S Tsui of the junkets in Hong Kong harbour. I was hoping you might have some information on the artist as my mother has asked me to find some but unfortunately i have not been able to find any. Thanks
Answer Hello James - and thank you for your question. My expertise is in the history of Western art/architecture, so I am no authority on 'Oriental' art, although I do have passing knowledge of the techniques, styles and major artists.
Depending on where you live, contact the British Museum (Oriental studies department) - or Met (in NY) for some expert advice in this area. Otherwise, there are some excellent websites that offer overviews (and sometimes quite specific) information about the type of art you are interested in.
More specifically, you might have a look at the Hong Kong Fine Art Museum's website http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Arts/english/collections/ecollections.html - (an excellent museum - I have been there and note that there is more Chinese art than Western art, so maybe they can offer you answers to your questions. You can always contact the museum's curators for answers ... and perhaps you'll find something on the website that looks like your painting or is by the same artist to focus your research.)
Enjoy your 'journey' - it's fascinating stuff (and has an impact on Western painting and design round about the 1860s when the Impressionists adopt some of the unusual viewpoints and compositional devices in their paintings.)
