Lot 363: Lai Fong of Calcutta (Chinese fl. 1890-1910)

Sailing in choppy waters signed and dated 'Lai Fong Calcutta 1896' (lower right) oil on canvas 26 x 36 in. (66 x 91.5 cm.) NOTES Lai Fong, a painter active between 1890 and 1910, emigrated from Hong Kong to Calcutta where he became a leading pier head painter. As a result of his position, Fong became renowned for the large number of ship portraits he produced during his career. Fong rarely featured coastal landscapes in his work preferring to render the ships on their ocean bound leg.