The oil painter, Ng Po-Wan, was one of the most significant artists in the development of oil painting in both Hong Kong and China in the past century. Having studied Western art in the Philippines, and having taught in art institutions in Hong Kong and the Mainland, Ng played an important part in reopening China’s long closed off art world to the main currents of modern Western art. The present catalogue of Ng Po-wan’s retrospective exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of Art features a variety of his works, including drawings, oil paintings and watercolours of landscapes, still life and figures, executed during 1929-1993. A chronology of the artist is also included.

伍步雲是二十世紀中港油畫界的翹楚。他在菲律賓學習西方藝術，並曾於中港兩地的藝術學院任教，在長期封閉的中國藝壇逐步融入現代西方藝術大潮的過程中，他扮演了重要的角色。本圖錄展示的是伍步雲在香港藝術館舉辦回顧展的作品，這批作品題材各異，囊括了畫家從1929年至1993年期間的素描、油畫作品，以及用水彩繪成的山水、靜物及人物畫。本圖錄亦載有伍步雲的創作紀要。