The "Embracing the Past and Present: Dawn Research Exhibition" jointly organized by Shenzhen Guanshanyue Art Museum and Hong Kong Spring Tide Painting Association will be exhibited from August 14 to September 21, 2025 in the central hall and A, B, and C halls on the first floor of Guanshanyue Art Museum. On the afternoon of August 16th at 2:00 pm, the opening ceremony of the exhibition was held in the lobby on the first floor of Guanshan Yue Art Museum.

Guests attending the opening ceremony include Wen Weiguang, Vice President of Donghua College in Hong Kong, Li Huang Yongxian, President of the Hong Kong Spring Tide Painting Association, Wu Lixun, President of the Macau Collectors Association, Li Zhuying, President of the Hong Kong Guangzhou Calligraphy and Painting Association and Vice President of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area Artists Alliance, Zhao Jionghui, Permanent Advisor of the Hong Kong Chinese Art Association, Guan Yi, Honorary Chairman of the Guangdong Guanshan Yue Art Foundation and daughter of Guanshan Yue, Li Lina, Vice President of the Guangzhou Museum of Art, Xu Dunping, Dean and Deputy Secretary of the Party Branch of the Chinese Painting Academy of the Guangzhou Academy of Art, Hu Bin, President of the School of Arts and Humanities of the Guangzhou Academy of Art, Wang Jian, Secretary General of the Theoretical Research Committee of the Guangzhou Artists Association, and Mr. Liu Zhihui, Deputy Director of the Cultural Relics and Museum Management Center Mr. Guan Jian, a full-time painter at Guangdong Academy of Painting, Zhang Shuang, Deputy Director of the Art Development Department of the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports; Li Kang, Director of the Longhua District Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports and Vice Chairman of the Shenzhen Artists Association; Chen Xiangbo, Vice Chairman of the Shenzhen Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Chairman of the Shenzhen Artists Association; Zhang Chuang and Fang Xiaolong, Vice Chairmen of the Shenzhen Artists Association; Guo Qingwen, Director of the China Printmaking Museum; Zhou Bolin, Executive Deputy Secretary General of the Shenzhen Chinese Painting Society; and Chen Junyu, Director of the Shenzhen Guanshanyue Art Museum.

The atmosphere of the opening ceremony was lively. Amidst the cheers of guests from Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau, as well as on-site audiences, guests cut the ribbon for the exhibition opening. Chen Jingfen, granddaughter of Chen Shuren, one of the founders of the Lingnan School of Painting, the Hong Kong Outstanding Chinese Cultural Promotion Association, and the Hong Kong Lai Clan Association presented flower baskets to the exhibition opening ceremony. The opening ceremony also held a donation and collection ceremony for the works. Li Huang Yongxian, a family member of artist Leon Lai, donated two Leon Lai works to Guan Shanyue Art Museum, and Director Chen Junyu awarded him a collection certificate.

Dawn has been engaged in art for 83 years, and his works are vast. This exhibition selected 118 paintings by Mr. Liming, created from 1940 to 2018, including works from different periods of his life. It comprehensively showcases Mr. Liming's artistic vision and is a review, analysis, and study of his lifelong creations. At the beginning of the 20th century, Gao Jianfu, Gao Qifeng, and Chen Shuren initiated the New Chinese Painting Movement in Guangzhou, advocating for the integration of Chinese and foreign cultures, the fusion of ancient and modern, and the innovation of Chinese painting. The "Two Highs and One Chen" were regarded as the founders of the Lingnan School of Painting. Since receiving the teachings of Gao Jianfu in the 1940s, Mr. Liming has been shouldering the great responsibility of inheriting the innovative spirit of the Lingnan School of Painting. Under the guidance of his teacher, he pays attention to learning from nature and is diligent in sketching. At the same time, he does not forget to inherit tradition, depicting Song Dynasty courtyard paintings and Song Yuan landscapes. In addition, he has also learned perspective and light and shadow techniques of Western painting, and studied Japanese painting. The diverse learning and training have laid a solid foundation for his painting skills.

Mr. Liming's creative themes are comprehensive. He is skilled in flowers and birds, skilled in landscapes, and good at depicting characters, especially famous for his ability to depict peacocks. His creative styles span a wide range throughout his life. For example, his flower and bird paintings gradually developed from the early courtyard style, which was neat and rigorous, to modern Chinese paintings that were both refined and elegant. In the later stage, he mainly focused on freehand color setting, with a strong emphasis on ink and color, and a prosperous era. The exhibition is titled "Embracing the Past and Present" and summarizes Mr. Liming's art. It presents his different artistic styles in six chapters: "New Song Academy Painting", "Learning from Nature", "Balancing China and Foreign Countries", "Rich Splendor", "Haojiang Painting", and "Self emerging Machine Pivot", to entertain the audience.

This exhibition is one of the "Lingnan Masters Series" at Guan Shanyue Art Museum, with Mr. Chen Junyu, the director, serving as the overall planner, and Mr. Zhu Wanzhang, a specially appointed expert and researcher at the Hong Kong Palace Museum, providing academic support. This exhibition is the first collaboration between our museum and the Hong Kong Spring Tide Painting Association, and has received support from multiple art institutions in Guangdong and Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Palace Museum of Culture in Hong Kong, and the Guangzhou National Version Museum have lent some of their works to our museum. Guangdong and Hong Kong are adjacent in location and share the same culture. Our museum hopes that through this exhibition, we can strengthen artistic exchanges in the Greater Bay Area and jointly promote traditional Chinese culture.

At the same time as the exhibition, cultural and creative products will be launched, and limited daily distribution will be given to on-site audiences on a first come, first served basis; Three seals were made for the audience to clock in at the venue.