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The Noon Day Gun in Hong Kong - Jet There BOAC

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The Noon Day Gun in Hong Kong - Jet There BOAC (c1963)

Dong Kingman

25.75" x 35.5"
Linenbacked
T1530

Artist: Dong Kingman


Vintage Hong Kong poster by American Chinese painter   Dong Kingman circa 1963. The Noonday Gun is a former naval artillery piece owned and operated by Jardine Matheson, the gun is fired every day at noon and has become a tourist attraction. Linenbacked.

Dong Kingman

Dong Kingman (1911-2000) was a Chinese American artist born in California but educated in Hong Kong. He is recognized as one of the leading watercolour masters and a pioneer of the California school of painting. Kingman was the recipient of nearly every major award for watercolours including two Guggenheim Fellowships (1942/1943), a Metropolitan Museum of Art Award (1975) and the American Watercolor Society's Dolphin Medal (1987). His work is represented in the permanent collections of 50 museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum and Museum of Modern Art.