Lot 59
Chaos cristallin (Crystalline Chaos)
CHU Teh-chun (Chinese-French, 1920 - 2014)
1990
Oil on canvas
130 x 97 cm
Estimate
TWD 3,300,000-4,300,000
USD 101,600-132,300
Sold Price
TWD 6,930,000
USD 216,326
Signature
CHU TEH-CHUN in English, dated 90
Titled on the reverse "haos cristallin" in French, signed CHU TEH-CHUN in English and Chu Teh-chun in Chinese, dated 1990
ILLUSTRATED:
The Climax An Exclamation of 21st Century, Modern Art Gallery, Taichung, 2001, color illustrated, p. 56
The painting is to be sold with a certificate of authenticity issued by Modern Art Gallery, Taichung.
+ OVERVIEW
Critics have coined the term aysagisme des songes to describe Chu Teh-chun's painting style. His paintings are poetic; he used colors firmly yet wildly at the same time, those lines jumping like grass on the wind blowing, his paintings is exquisite like eastern paintings, and colorful like western paintings, it also has the pleasure from Chinese landscape paintings and calligraphy. Especially in his recent works, the form and colors are wilder then ever, those calligraphy-ish lines can be seen all over the picture, strengths are between each brush strokes, it's imposing yet graceful and restrained. Like what French contemporary art critic Talbot commented: is paintings are natural, it's shivering and passionate, and it's a sentimental devotion, whispering the mysteries of life.
Chu Teh-chun used his favorite color, blue in haos cristallin through mysterious yet poetic colors and overlapping brush strokes he created a unique atmosphere. Look closely; there are mountains, white and yellow colors in the dark blue, just like the rhythm of the air and the light. The artist used colors to create a world of profundity, captured the moment when everything remains asleep, turned the moment before dawn to eternity.
The 20th & 21st Century Chinese Art
Ravenel Spring Auction 2006
Sunday, June 4, 2006, 12:00am