The Noon Day Gun in Hong Kong - Jet there BOAC (1961)
Dong Kingman (1911-2000)
One of four posters issued by the Hong Kong Tourist Association in the early 1960's using artwork by renowned Califonian watercolourist, Dong Kingman. This image looks across the harbour from Causeway Bay with the Noon Day Gun and the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club in the foreground.
Dong Kingman lived in Hong Kong as a child before emigrating to California but he maintained close ties with the city for the rest of his long life.
This version of the poster has been overprinted by British Overseas Aviation Corporation (BOAC) to promote the company's services to Hong Kong.
Ref: Bailey - 101 Hong Kong Travel Posters, p. 24
Dong Kingman (1911-2000) was a Chinese American artist born in California but educated in Hong Kong. He is recognized as one of the leading watercolour masters and a pioneer of the California school of painting. Kingman was the recipient of nearly every major award for watercolours including two Guggenheim Fellowships (1942/1943), a Metropolitan Museum of Art Award (1975) and the American Watercolor Society's Dolphin Medal (1987). His work is represented in the permanent collections of 50 museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum and Museum of Modern Art.
