Lee Chi Ching - 李志清

 

 

Just a bit of a backdated post. Lee Chi Ching had an exhibition at the Jao Tsung-I Academy in Hong Kong in November titled "Painting and Calligraphy of Swordsmen Exhibition". This was in conjunction with an exhibition of swords by the famous swordsmith Hu Xiao Jun and organized by the International Guoshu Association. In keeping with the same theme as my last post - many of the pictures featured in the exhibition were characters from Jin Yong (Louis Cha's) martial arts novels. Unfortunately the pictures I snapped on my phone do not really do the work justice so I have included some pictures downloaded from the web. I think it is important to bring his work to a wider audience.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lee Chi Ching (Chinese: 李志清; pinyin: Lǐ Zhìqīng; born 1963) is a Hong Kong Manhua illustrator with the pen name "Qing'er" (清兒). Lee began drawing comics and graphic novels in 1981. In 1992, he won an award for his watercolors at the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial and had his work housed at the Hong Kong Museum of Art. He is the first cartoonist from Hong Kong to have his work published in Japan. His speciality is in historical Manga, usually based on pre-existing classic novels, including the works of Wuxia writer Louis Cha. His major works include Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin. His works are usually published by CultureCom Comics, a Hong Kong publishing house.

 

His work Sun Zi's Tactics won the first International Manga Award that Japanese Government sponsored in 2007.