🖼️ Original Oil Painting by Geri – Hong Kong Hillside (Kowloon Side), Circa 1940s

This captivating oil-on-canvas painting was hand-painted by Geri, an American art intern studying in China in the 1940s. While completing her formal art education abroad, Geri immersed herself in the rich culture of Hong Kong, capturing this vivid street scene from the Kowloon side. The ascending stairway lined with merchants, awnings, and daily city life reflects a moment frozen in post-war Hong Kong—a rare artistic interpretation from a Western perspective with authentic on-location exposure.

Signed “Geri” in the bottom left, this piece is a true original, preserved in its original frame with linen matting. Its expressive brushwork, palette knife texture, and warm tones evoke movement, memory, and meaning.