香港大學饒宗頤學術館今年舉辦「藝道同行」展覽系列，展出與饒宗頤教授於上世紀六十至八十年代在香港有極深交往，並在藝術創作上互相切磋砥礪的四位藝術家之作品。四位藝術家包括王漢翹先生、彭襲明先生、萬一鵬先生及蕭立聲先生。

       該系列的第三個展覽將展出萬一鵬先生（1917-1987）之藝術作品，其中並有部份為饒教授與他的合作作品。

       萬先生為江蘇嘉定人士。嘉定為中國竹刻之都，萬先生早年亦從事竹刻，為著名之微刻家。今次展出作品當中，有三件他的微刻作品，可見他在竹刻方面的高超成就。

       萬先生自言，他自三十以後，就不再從事竹刻，而專注於書畫藝術。在書法方面，他從二王入手，然後再涉獵於北魏碑刻。繪畫方面，則以元人為宗，於吳仲圭尤為得力，亦如吳仲圭一般，長於繪寫松樹；又能指畫，功力不下於高其佩等人。

       萬先生自上世紀五十年代定居香港，與饒教授、彭襲明先生及蕭立聲先生時相往來，並時常合作繪畫，後於八十年代移居加拿大，在加國依然創作不斷，其筆下的海外風光別具一格。

In this year, Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole of The University of Hong Kong will organize a series of exhibitions – “The Companionship of Art”, displaying artworks by four artists who had a profound friendship with Professor Jao Tsung-i in the 60’s to 80’s of the 20th century, including Mr. Wong Hon-kiu, Mr. Peng Ximing, Mr. Van I-Pong, and Mr. Siu Lap-sing.

The third exhibition of the series will present Mr. Van I-Pong’s artworks, including collaborative paintings with Professor Jao Tsung-i.

Van I-Pong (1917-1987), native to Jiading, Jiangsu province. Jiading is credited as the “City of Bamboo Engraving”, and Mr. Van also engaged in bamboo engraving in his early years; later, he had become a famous minute engraver. In this exhibition, three pieces of minute engraving are presented which demonstrate his outstanding achievement in this field.

According to Mr. Van, he stopped doing bamboo engraving since the age of 30 and focused on the creation of painting and calligraphy. In respect of calligraphy, he commenced learning from“Two Wangs”, Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, and then he dabbled in stele engraving of the Northern Wei dynasty. Regarding painting, he followed that of the Yuan dynasty masters, particularly Wu Zhen. Just as Wu, Van was proficient in painting pines. When it comes to finger painting, however, his skills were equally competent with Gao Qipei of the Qing dynasty.

In the 50’s of the 20th century, Van migrated to Hong Kong, having frequent contact and painting collaboratively with Professor Jao, Mr. Peng Ximing, and Mr. Siu Lap-sing. In the 80’s, he immigrated to Canada, but he never ceased creating. His overseas landscapes accomplished during that period especially reveal his unique style.