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中国画述要（十一）：近现代画家的艺术及商业价值（上）

张大千《秋曦图》 民国时期，中国书画艺术经歷了一场前所未有的变革。一方面，由于中国政治的动盪和民族危机，书画家纷纷以艺术为工具，表达对时代的关怀和对祖国的情感，创作出了许多具有民族特色的作品。另一方面，由于西方文化的传入和影响，书画家们也开始接受和吸收西方艺术的理论和技法，探索书画艺术的新形式和新风格。在这个过程中，出现了许多杰出的书画家和流派，如徐悲鸿、齐白石、黄宾虹、林风眠、张大千、溥心畬、吴昌硕、赵古泉等。他们既承传了中国传统书画艺术的精华，又...

中国画述要（十二）：近现代画家的艺术及商业价值（下）

林风眠《天上人间》 除了海上画派、京津画派和融匯中西艺术的岭南画派，另外也有主力传承中华传统，「中学为体，西学为用」的「传统改良派」，徐悲鸿、李可染及蒋兆和等，都属于这一派。另外独闢蹊径有林风眠、吴冠中的「现代主义」。 潘天寿是一位中国现代画家和美术教育家，他的画风雄浑奇崛，融诗词、书法、绘画、篆印为一体。潘更汲取石涛、八大山人、吴昌硕等人的艺术精华，其花鸟、山水、动物意趣幽远而接近现实，色彩艷丽而空灵，构图绝而不奇，开一派之新风格。 ...

中国画述要（十）：清代绘画（下）

恽寿平《荔枝绶带图》（网络图片） 明清之际画派林立，只有一些董其昌的追随者成为正统，以临摹为宗。正统画派（文人画）的领导人乃四王中的二王，王时敏、王鑑，二人于明末已蒙董其昌等名家之激赏，成为画苑领袖，王翚合南北于一手，有画圣之名。王原祁乃王时敏之孙，内继承家学，上获得政府知遇，下受门生拥戴，巍为一代宗师。 恽寿平笔墨秀丽，后与王翚交往，多作花卉，重视写生，多用水墨淡彩，清润明丽，自成一格。吴歷虽出王时敏之门，然雄厚浑穆，突破当时潮流。前四人有称「...

Quick Views on Artificial General Intelligence

网上图片 Hope those in Hong Kong and the PRC had a great CNY break. Given the hype of A.I. over the past few weeks, I would like to take this opportunity to share with the members of my network about my quick and brief views on A.I. on top of my article back in January 2020. (see link here : https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/innovation-engine-growth-thomas-kwan/?trackingId=vdIRnCTFPmJdmstaze2ycg==) The future of Artificial General Intelligence (“AGI”) in the next five years is an exciting prospect, but it is also filled with uncertainty. AGI is a subset of artificial intelligence ...

The Rapid Rise: the Anticipated Proliferation of Digital Assets

网上照片 In February 2021, I wrote an article about the inevitable proliferation of digital assets (see link below). https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/revisiting-cryptocurrency-thomas-kwan?trackingId=zpkOmqgTHeoyGPxmSSfsiQ==/?trackingId=zpkOmqgTHeoyGPxmSSfsiQ== Since then, we have seen a significant increase in the adoption of blockchain technologies. Last week, the US SEC allowed Bitcoin ETFs to be listed, which is a significant milestone for the digital asset industry. Bitcoin has been around for over a decade and has seen its fair share of ups and downs (to say the least). Howeve...

Why digitization is even more crucial to the logistics industry in an economic downturn?

网上照片 Being an investment banker who had worked on numerous not-so-small logistics transactions and also developed a habit to study the logistics market as a result, this article summarizes my findings in the PRC's logistics industry about its latest warehouse revenue data, the decrease in demand for long haul truck transportation, and the decline of export trade, and how these factors have contributed to the current state of the logistics industry in the PRC (and the immediate need for further digitizing the logistics community). 1. Demand for long-haul trucking/transportation over distances of 500km or more has experienced a significant decline of at ...