The Hongkong Post issues a set of special stamps on "Hong Kong Museums Collection" on 16 May 2009. This set of stamps features six pieces of Chinese painting and calligraphy selected from the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Art Museum of The Chinese University of Hong Kong as well as the University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong.

The two paintings selected from the Hong Kong Heritage Museum are Gao Qifeng's Bird in Moonlight ($2.5) and Ju Lian's Butterfly and Flower ($3.0)

For details, please refer to the following website:
http://www.hongkongpoststamps.com/eng/stamps/latest_stamp_issues/2009/
20090423b/index.htm.

Gao Qifeng (1889 ¡V 1933)
Bird in Moonlight
Dated 1910
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
110 x 27.5 cm

Gao Qifeng, a native of Panyu in Guangdong province, was one of the "Three Masters of Lingnan School". In his early years, Gao was tutored in painting by his brother Jianfu, which nurtured his interest in bird-and-flower paintings. He later went to Japan where he studied painting under Japanese artist Tanaka Raisho. Gao uniquely combined the essence of Chinese painting with Japanese and Western art elements in his artworks. With a concise yet clear composition, "Moonlight" is set against a colour-washed background to capture the serene scene under the moonlight. Gao's style has had a wide-reaching and profound impact on his many students and other artists.

Ju Lian (1828 ¡V 1904)
Butterfly and Flower
Dated 1900
Fan, ink and colour on paper
18 x 52 cm

Ju Lian was a native of Panyu in Guangdong province in the late Qing dynasty. In his early years, he studied painting with his cousin Ju Chao. Seeking to emulate Yun Shouping of the early Qing dynasty, Ju took the mogu (boneless) technique and demonstrated a mastery of zhuangshui (water infusion) and zhuangfen (powder infusion), delivering a tonal gradation to enhance the vividness of the subject. His works were mainly of flowers, fruits, trees, insects and rocks, with occasional drawings of birds, animals, landscapes, figures and scenes of daily life. Among his many students, Gao Jianfu and Chen Shuren were founders of the "Lingnan School of Painting".