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Chen Hong Hong (British, 20th Century) Prospering and Good Luck Chinese watercolour on xuan paper h:112 w: 243 cm Provenance: Painted in 2010 by Chen Hong whilst in East Anglia. Exhibited: Heart of the World, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 2010. Chen Hong was born in Shaoyang city, Hunan province, China. He is a well-known painter, previously a member of the railway corps before graduating from the Fine Arts Department of the Central University for Nationalities. At present, he is a committee member of the Chinese Painter and Calligrapher Association, a member of The Chinese Print Art Association, the art director of Beijing Human Prospect Cultural Exchange Co. Ltd and the executive president of Chinese Harmonious Painting and Calligraphy Institute. Hong has worked in many UK museums, including the Fitzwilliam Museum in March 2010, Colchester, Ipswich and the Norwich Castle Museum for a project funded by the Museum Libraries and Archives Council and organised by Margaret Greeves. All of Hong's pieces are significant in their symbolism, with the leaping golden carp symbolising good fortune and wealth. His works have been exhibited in the National Art Museum of China, the National Museum of China, the Military Museum of China and the Cultural Palace of Nationalities. He has been awarded accolades from many Chinese government ministries, including the Ministry of Propaganda and the Ministry of Culture. His works have also been widely published and reported in the public media, including features in publications such as 'People's Daily', 'Worker's Daily' and 'Art Magazine', and televised on the Harmonious China network, Phoenix Satellite TV and many others. Hong began as a print artist, and in recent years his interest in Chinese traditional painting has grown, particularly in representations of fish. He has been given the honorific title "Fish King" and "Fish Immortal" by those in the profession. His works have been collected by the former Prime Minister of South Korea, Lee Soo-Sung, the former Peruvian President and other international friends. In June 2008, he was invited to Cambodia as a cultural ambassador to attend the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the China-Cambodia friendship. In 1991, his wood cut 'The Daughter of the Mountain" won the Bronze award in the second exhibition of Chinese Industrial Print Art organized by the Chinese Print Art Association. In 2006, his works were collected by the Zhongnanhai National Gift Centre; this means his works are given as national gifts to foreign countries.