Little wonder that one Japanese collector had the structure of his hall altered to accommodate one of Au's larger works. Japanese art critic Uemura Takachiho has written of Au: "While expressing a contemporary feel, his work also gives people a sense of the heroic and stately spirit of the Chinese."
他並受到藝評家植村鷹千代推崇謂：「歐氏畫作在表現近代感中，更使人感到中國人的豪邁與莊嚴。」