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Auguste Borget: the French travelling painter who sketched Macau
Auguste Borget
A French Orientalist painter and traveller. During a journey around the world he stayed in China in 1838–1839, basing himself for several months mainly in Macau, where he associated with the English painter George Chinnery and produced many sketches and paintings of the Praia Grande, the A-Ma Temple and other scenes of Macau and southern China, later collected in albums such as Sketches of China and the Chinese.
Mio Pang Fei: the modern-art pioneer who founded "Neo-Orientalism" in Macau
Mio Pang Fei
A modern artist born in Shanghai who put down roots in Macau and is regarded as a pioneer of Macau modern art. After moving to Macau in 1982 he developed "Neo-Orientalism", fusing Eastern tradition with Western contemporary techniques, and in 2015 was chosen by the Macao Museum of Art to represent Macau at the 56th Venice Biennale.
Ung Vai Meng: the artist who became the founding director of the Macao Museum of Art and head of the Cultural Affairs Bureau
Ung Vai Meng
A Macau-born artist and cultural administrator. An award-winning visual artist, he also served as the founding director of the Macao Museum of Art (1999–2008) and as President of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (2010–2017), shaping Macau's art development and cultural policy; he returned to his own art after retiring.