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Fung Yow Chork is known as one of the nation's pioneer landscape painters. In this work, he captures the impression of the Chen Shi Shu Yuan Clan Ancestral Hall located in Petaling Street, Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur. It is a historical gem renowned for its architecture, with its distinctive jade green walls, intricate rooftop figurines and ornaments. Fung Yow Chork is considered one of the finest impressionists in the country. At the age of 13, he was taught by a teacher who had studied Impressionism in Japan. He befriended Professor Chung Pak Mook of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore. Some of his solo exhibitions were held at The Art Gallery, Penang (1998), Rupa Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (1983), Australian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur (1982), Chin Woo Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (1981). He was awarded Second Prize, Merdeka Independence Trade Fair's Art and Photographic Exhibition (1957).