Location

Country: China
City: Beijing
Place: British Embassy

Dennis Creffield's semi-stylised drawing shows the former residence of the British Governors of Hong Kong. Government House was built in 1855 and was redesigned under Japanese occupation during the Second World War. Creffield made this study in 1997, the year of the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China. Since then, Government House has been used for functions under the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China. Dennis Creffield studied under David Bomberg (1890-1957) and something of the older artist's expressionist approach can be seen in Creffield's paintings and charcoal drawings of architecture.

Places

Far East, China, Hong Kong

Subjects

topography, government building, house

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), charcoal, charcoal drawing

Artist

Dennis Creffield (1931 - )

Title

Government House, Hong Kong

Date

1997

Medium

Charcoal on paper

Acquisition

Purchased from the artist via C Roger Moss, March 1999

Provenance

C. Roger Moss, Hong Kong

GAC number

17391