Louis Tak Chun Lung

Louis specializes in the history of Chinese calligraphy and paintings, with a current focus on seventeenth-century intellectual life, commercial art market (“Suzhou pian”), and politics. Louis is also particularly interested in the study of ritual bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, examining their excavation, transmission, inscriptions, and visual representation in illustrated catalogs and scholarly publications from the Song through the Qing dynasties.

Prior to joining KU, Louis has more than 10 years of experience in handling artworks, including Chinese archaic bronzes as well as scrolls and albums, in museum and private collections. Louis served as curator at the Art Museum of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he led the research and curatorial project of the Wong family collection, entitled The Wong family: A Century of Collecting. Recognized as one of the Art Museum’s three foremost collections (calligraphy and painting), this family heirloom was exhibited and published in 2025, featuring calligraphic works, paintings, and rare books from the Song dynasty to the twentieth century.

Fields of Study

Chinese calligraphy and rubbings; painting and reproduction 
Illustrated catalogues of ritual bronzes and inscriptions, 960-1911 (Song to  Qing)
Chinese etymology and seal-script form of writing 
History of collectors and connoisseurs