Edwin Ou Hing wan
Ou (Edwin) Hing Wanb. 1932 Edwin Hing Wan was born in St. Margaret’s Village, Mayaro, on the southeast coast of Trinidad, the third of a family of six boys. After attending Mayaro Roman Catholic School in Mayaro, he stayed with family in Diego Martin in order to finish his education in Port of Spain, where he first attended Tranquility Intermediate School and later Queen’s Royal College (1945). It was at this school his interest in art began. Together with friend and classmate Noel Vaucrosson, Hing Wan was selected by the British Council to attend special art classes. They read all they could find at Port of Spain’s Central Library, becoming especially interested in the work of the famous watercolorist Eliot O’Hara. Through classes at the Trinidad Art Society, he was able to study under a student of O’Hara, Commander Jack Wilson, who was stationed at the time at the United States Naval Base at Chaguaramas.
Despite the many difficulties he faced – he could only paint in the mornings and could not sit still for long periods or travel long distances – his technique is extremely mature, his tone and ring distinctive. His subjects were the beaches, rivers and rural scenes of Mayaro, Manzanilla and Guayaguayare, but particularly coconut trees, depicted in every variation of light.Although he repeated the same scene over and over, it was without monotony. |
Early in his career he signed his paintings Ou, his father’s family name, but later signed Hing Wan. In 1975 Hing Wan mounted his only one-person exhibition, at the National Museum and Art Gallery. Alwin Massy of the Trinidad Guardian stated: These are paintings of courage. That the painter is handicapped is not at all obvious for the execution of the washes on display. Read Michael Anthony Review in the Express Newspaper- click here |
Edwin Ou Hing Wan – Mayaro Bridge
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