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Wang Huai-qing Abstract Oil Painting Work – Chairs and Chairs

Painting Title: Chairs and Chairs

Artist: Wang Huai-qing

Painting size: 130*145cm

Media: Fabric, Oil painting

Creation Time: 1999

The art temperament of Wang Huai-qing oil painting is just same as himself, which is delicate, of super fine qualities and tastes, and the same time bold and creative.

Critics said that Wang Huai-qing art has taken an “extremely sophisticated and yet moderate” way. In oil painting works created by artisit Wang Huaiqing works, structural factors concerned much in Chinese art traditions has achieved a modern transformation, and concrete paintings did not covered up the spirit of abstract, in his works the East cultural connotations is mingling well with Western skills of performance.

In general the relationship between style and imagery based on aesthetic sense, that is motions produce style, and style produces imagery, and emotion is the foundation, while the art imagery is a type of sublimation of emotions achieved by the trend of art sentiment and emotions, or that the imagery is the fruit of emotions. These theories are mainly referred a type of artistic conception, or a type of space, which is the pursuit to the artist conception pursued by ancient and modern artists, whole artist Wang Huai-qing has found his unique artist conception between “loose” and “dense” , which belongs to him only.

About Artist Wang Huai-qing:

Mr. Wang Huai-qing, who was born in 1944 in Beijing, former name Wang Huai. Studied in the Central Academy of Fine Arts and received a bachelor’s degree in 1969, and received a master’s degree in 1981. In 1987-1988 was as a visiting scholar at the United States OCU University. Now Wang Huai-qing is a first-grade artist in Beijing Academy of Painting, member of Chinese Artists Association, director of China Oil Painting Institute.

Representative Works: “Portrait of Bole” (Collection by China Art Gallery), “Demeanor of The Big Ming Dynasty ” and “Evening Banquet Picture” and so on.

Publications: “Wang Huai-qing Illustrations Election”, “Wang Huai-qing Collection of Wash Human Bodies”, “Wang Huaiqing Collection of Oil Paintings”

Main Awards:

Gold Prize awarded by China Oil Painting Annual Exhibition in 1991;

Bronze Prize awarded by “The 7th National Art Exhibition” in 1989;

The First Prize awarded by Beijing Municipal Art Exhibition” in 1984.

Main Exhibitions:

1980: Contemporaries Oil Paintings Exhibition (China Art Museum)

1982: French Spring Salon Exhibition

1987: Contemporary China Oil Painting Exhibition (New York)

1989: The 7th National Art Exhibition (China Art Museum)

1991: China Oil Painting Group Exhibition (China National Museum)

1993: China Art Museum Fine Paintings Collection Exhibition (China Art Museum)

1996: The First China Art Exhibition by China Oil Painting Institute (China Art Museum)

1998: China Art 5000 Exhibition (Guggenheim Museum, New York)

1998: Tradition and Review – Contemporary Chinese Art Exhibition (Germany Embassy at Beijing)

1999: Wang Huai-qing Oil Painting Exhibition (Taipei Big Future Art Gallery)

1999: China Art Museum Collection Exhibition (China Art Museum)

1999: Gate of the Century (Chengdu Art Museum)

2000: Shanghai Biennial Exhibition (Shanghai Art Museum)

2000: 20 Century China Oil Painting Exhibition (China Art Museum)

2001: Science and Art (China Art Museum)

2003: Developing Times – China Art Museum 40 Anniversary Exhibition (China Art Museum)<

2003: The First Beijing International Art Biennial Exhibition (China Art Museum)

2003: The 2nd National Art Gallery Biennial Exhibition (Guangdong Art Museum)

2004: Marianne & Heinrich Lenhardt – Stiftung Couple Paper Collection Exhibition (German Kaiserslautern Pfalzgalerie Art Gallery)

2005: Wang Huai-qing Works Solo Exhibition (Hong Kong);

2005: the 2nd Beijing International Art Biennial Exhibition

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Zao Wou-ki Abstract Oil Painting Work – Totem

Painting Title: Totem 

Artist: Zhao Wu-ji / Zao Wou-ki

Painting size: 50*60cm

Media: Fabric, Oil painting

Creation Time: 1986

Zhao Wu-ji (French name Zao Wou-ki) is an outstanding artist renowned in the contemporary art circle in the world, His oil paintings, using Western skills with rich expressive forces, express elegant and mysterious Far East Mind, which is so unique in the wave of abstract expressionism.

Zao Wou-ki in Europe has rediscovered the “Nature and Man in One”, which is unique in the Chinese philosophy, he giving the spirit of quietness and selfless a Western-style interpretation.

Famous architect IM Pei wrote in the foreword of the Zao Wou-ki Art Exhibition: “I think his oil paintings and lithographs are very attractive, which make me think of the mystery of Kleoo paintings and the conciseness of Ni Zan’s landscape paintings at the same time, I can say without any exaggeration that Zao Wou-ki is one of the greatest artists in European art circle”..

About Artist Zao Wou-ki:

Zao Wu-ji (French name Zao Wou-ki) was born in 1921 in Beijing, China.

In 1935 entered into the Hangzhou National College of Art and under the tulelage of famous artist Lin Fengmian;

In 1941 held his first individual art exhibition in Chongqing city;

In 1942, together with Lin Feng-mian, Guan Liang, Ting Yin-yung, Li Zhongsheng, NI Yide he held a united exhibition in Chongqing Museum of Natural History;

In 1947 held his second individual exhibition in Shanghai;

In 1948, Zao Wou-ki emigrated to France and studied at the Big Hut Academy of Fine Arts.

In 1949 held his third individual art exhibition in Paris;

In 1950 he began to take part in the “March Salon” exhibition year after year, and till 80s;

Since 50s, Zao Wou-ki began to hold his individual exhibitions in Paris and New York in cooperation with some famous art galleries;

In 1956 the first series of “Catalogue of Lithographs by Zao Wou-ki” published;

Since 70s, Zao Wou-ki has become one of the most outstanding Chinese artists in Paris, and has gained great reputations in the world’s art community; his artworks have been collected by some wellknown museums in the world; and has published dozens of Album of Paintings by Zao Wou-ki ;

In 1998-1999, Paintings by Zao Wou-ki Retrospective Exhibition was held in Shanghai Museum and China Art Gallery.

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Fang Li-jun Cynicism Realism Oil Painting Work – No Tilte

Painting Title: No Title

Artist: Fang Li-jun

Painting size: 120*270cm

Media: Fabric, Oil painting

Creation Time: 2004-12

As one of important representatives the new artistic trend of China after 89s, Artist Fang Li-jun has created an unique mode of saying together with other artists in this trend, that is Cynical Realism, among them, the “Bald Popi” image created by Fang Li-jun in his series of oil painting works created since 1988, has become a type of classic language symbols, which marked a type of survived feeling of humdrum mood and Popi humor which were prevailing at  the late 80’s and half of early 90’s in China, more broadly, it marked thehumanistic and psychological feelings of contemporary people broadly.

Perhaps, both the East and West, contemporary intellectuals all have become a bit more Popi, because, as we faced to in the world today, we felt helpless and dismayed more and more, and we are no longer done as people in Franz Kafka and Jiekemeidi time, who can through revealing the absurd existence to give vent to their inner depression when feel the oppression come from the environment, and marked their own independent will. Today we almost can not distinguish the limits between us with the environment, the independence we considered, maybe just a result of a certain type of environment, we laugh at the world, perhaps just laugh at ourselves, then we have no other choice but to become a Popi..

About Artist Fang Li-jun:

Mr. Fang Li-jun, who was born in December 4, 1963 in Handan city, Hebei province, China;

In 1980 graduated from Handan School for Children of Railway Workers;In 1983 graduated at the Ceramic Fine Arts Department at Hebei School ofLight Industry;In 1989 graduated at the Print Department at the Central Academy of Fine Arts; In 2004 was employed as a visiting professor by the Fine Arts Institute at Jilin Art Academy

Now Mr. Fang Li-jun is living in Beijing and acted as a professional artist.

Main Participated Exhibitions:

1984: The 6th National Art Show (Guangzhou);

1992: China Avant-Garde Art Show;

1995: Our Century (Ludwig Museum, German)

1996: Talk with China (Ludwig Forum, AACHEN German)

2001: New Image of Modern Painting  

2002: Guangzhou Modern Art Show Triennial (Guangdong Art Gallery, Guangzhou)

2003: Alors, La Chine (Pompidou Center, Paris)

2003: An Open Times (China Art Gallery, Beijing)

2005: New Work/New Acquisitions (MOMA, New York)

2007: China-Facing Reality? Kunst Stiftung Ludwig (Modern Museum, Vienna)

2007: Cina XXI secolo. Arte fra identità e trasformazione?the Palazzo delle Esposizionz (Rome)

2007: China Modern Art Literature Show (Beijing)

2007: Athens – Modern Art from China Show (Greece National Modern Art Center, Athens)

2007: Facing China (Akureyri Gallery, Iceland)

2007: Half-Life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Logan Collection (San Francisco Modern Art Gallery, U.S.A.)

2007: Berlin Asian Art Museum Show (Berlin Asian Art Museum, German)

2008: Dreams – 2008 Asian Art Biennial (Guan’du Art Gallery at State Taipei Art University, Taipei)

2008: Avant-Garde China – China Modern Art in Twenty Years (State International Art Gallery, Osaka Japan).

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Yuan Zheng-yang Portrait Oil Painting Work – Grey Shirt

Painting Title: Grey Shirt 

Artist: Yuan Zheng-yang

Painting size: 100*80cm

Media: Fabric, Oil painting

Creation Time: 2006

Bargain Value: RMB 319,000 Yuan

Yuan Zheng-yang’s oil painting art is different with traditional academism, and is mutually exclusive to modern painting, China artistic conception, and Chinese mood are objects he pursued and performed with great effort in his artworks.

Artist Yuan Zheng-Yang is familiar with traditional Chinese paintings, we can see many of techniques of Chinese painting have been implanted into the picture in many of his oil painting works.

About Artist Yuan Zheng-yang:

Mr. Yuan Zheng-yang is born in Sep. 1955 in Chongqing, Sichuan, China

In 1971, Yuan Zheng-yang joined the army; In 1972 took advanced studies in Sichuan Academy of Sichuan; In 1984 entered into PLA  Art Institute to take advanced studies, and after the completion of schooling,  Yuan Zheng-yang acted as an editor of fine arts in PLA Daily. Now Yuan Zheng-yang is member of Chinese Artists Association, who is adept at oil painting, Chinese painting and comic strip.

Participated Exhibitions:

The 1st & 2nd Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition;

Century Exhibition for Chinese Portrait Oil Painting Art;

National Art Exhibition for the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the PLA;

and so on.

Awarded Artworks:

Comic strip “Wreathes at Foot of Mountain (cooperative)” won the second prize at the 3rd National Comic Strip Awards;

Chinese Painting “Wanyuan Defensive War” was been selected to participate The Art Exhibition for 55th Anniversary of the Founding of PLA, and has been collected by China Art Gallery.

Oil Painting “Shepherdess” was selected into China Oil Painting Exhibition.

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