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kee fung ng was painting SFO scenes for years during th 60's and 70's. i think he is retired if still alive. i have several of his sfo works that i purchased from his store/gallery in the 70's. i met him then and he signed them for me. his chinese children's painting were much more valuable and selling for $10,000's 10 years ago. which painting did you buy? how much was it, if i may ask? i don't know if his sfo gallery is still open. i have cable car/alcatraz and golden gate.
Dan Nolan in New York

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The Kee Fung Ng oil painting is a water scene.... with a few birds. I never reveal purchase prices. If you want, I could take a photo of it, using my digital camera, and send it.

I'm an amateur enthusiast and i stumbled upon this KF Ng oil painting in a charity shop here in England for near to nothing. it's approx 50x40cm. Do you think i'm onto something?

I'm just curious about what it reads on the paper that is attached the back of your paiting. Is it too much to ask for you to send me a copy of this paper via email? Kee Fung Ng is famous for painting little Sampan girls of rural China. I only have lithograph copies which he framed and signed for me. He is retiring and is liquidating everything in his San Francisco gallery. But you have the original and it should worth a lot more. Great find!

I'll do that for you. Perhaps three closeup segments of the back of the painting. Give me until tomorrow at this time

I have a similar original oil painting by Mr. Ng of a cable car in San Fran my parents bought back in the late 60's. It also has the same flyer attached (pictured above).

It says:
"Kee Fung Ng's reputation as an artist grows year after year without any sign of declining. He began by displaying his work at a few small exhibits around the San Francisco bay area and met with considerable success. His paintings are now displayed throughout the country as well as at his own gallaries.

Mr. Ng was born in 1941 in China and showed his artistic aptitude at an early age. In 1960, he graduated from the Fu-San Art School in Canton. Then he left Red China to join his family in Hong Kong. There, he supported his family by selling his oil paintings. In 1968, he came to the United States and, for several years, struggled to make a living as an artist. Success cam slowley but inevitably. He now displays his paintings at his own gallaries.

Mr. Ng specializes in Asian themes in his work and paints equally well in abstractc and realistic styles. His landscapes, flowers and animals, and birds are all delightful as are his much-celebrated seascapes; but today, perhaps, he is best-known for his warm and sensitive portraits of the children of Mainland China, portraits which he now paints only from memory.

Good to know that there are enthusiasts whoappreciate this guy's art. i was bent on selling it but now i think its best not to. I'll have a story to tell since i bought it for a less than ten pounds in England where i live.

Same story. My parents bought a painting back in the 70's in S.F. They still have in their living room. It came with the same flyer that I have now attached to the back of one of his prints that I had framed.

I have a few that we recently inherited. They are fishing scenes (appears to be in asia) and one abstract.

There are a couple of his oil paintings on E-bay right now. One is GG bridge and one is a nature scene. They are offered at 800 and 600 respectively
Search ebay for "K F Ng Art"

There are also many plates which I'm not sure are by the same artist (children mainly)

I too would love to be able to read the bio shown in the picture.



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Referencing dumzi email 10-26-07; were you ever able to make a copy of the newspaper article on the back of your painting? If so, I would enjoy receiving a copy to put with my paintings. I requested a copy in June 08 but never received.

Thank you.

How many paintings do you own?

I own two:
One marine scene with dock and sail boats.
One San Francisco cable car.

I have just the one which i bought at boot sale peanuts. I'm sure you have seen my one coz i posted it on this forum. The one with a cable car, people and the Golden Gate Bridge in the background

I had the oppertunity to meet and talk to the artist in a little room about a block off the water where he was painting these outstanding works of art under a single exposed lightbulb and cooking from a hot plate. I purchased and own, according to the artist, the finest piece of work he'd done to that point in his life. It's unbelivably realistic as if a photo!!

I also have 2 K. F. Ng paintings that I purchased from him personally in SF in the early 80's. One is a SF street car and the other is a lovely marine scene showing a pier, sailboats and seagulls. I recall him coming out of his one room shop onto the street, paint all over him and his clothes a cash falling out of his pockets. We negotiated and made the deal.

I have two of his paintings; both children and both stunning. The dates are 80 and 82. How much are these paintings worth as they are currently un-insured. Hope you can help. Cheers. Heather

Hi Heather. I read your post tonight and was wondering if you ever had a reply or found out anything about your paintings.

I have 3 signed and numbered lithographs of Mr. Ng's and would love to get some history on them. I have seen his painting and prints of children but they were all groups of children. All three of mine are of a single girl..2 of whom I think are the same girl. Does anyone have any idea of what they are currently worth or if there are more available.

I have a signed painting of an Asian man who looks like-the- karate-kids-mentor in the movie Geraldine Warner

I recently lost my mother. I came across a painting by Kee Fung NG. I haven’t been able to find any copies on the internet. I’m sure it’s an original-my Dad bought it in 1973. The picture is a young boy( or girl) standing in ankle deep water holding a fishing net.

I too have a painting but unable to find any information on it. Have you found a resource for yours? Mine is of a young girl in ankle deep water with a pail and a stick. It is signed and numbered 762/1000.

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