Lot  72 Ravenel Autumn Auction 2009 Taipei

Ravenel Autumn Auction 2009 Taipei

Lily

ZHOU Chunya (Chinese, 1955)

1998

Oil on canvas

72.5 x 60.5 cm

Estimate

TWD 950,000-1,600,000

HKD 224,000-376,000

USD 29,100-48,900

Sold Price

TWD 1,200,000

HKD 289,157

USD 37,313


Signature

Signed lower right ZHOU CHUNYA in Chinese and English, dated 1998
This painting is to be sold with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

+ OVERVIEW

As early as the beginning of 1990, Zhou Chunya had begun the creation of his "Flower" series. Flowers have been a traditional motif for Chinese artists to express in their works. Zhou Chunya recreates this concept in his "Flower" series. In the work "Lily", Zhou Chunya has integrated the language of traditional Chinese painting with western sketching. Most importantly is that he has adopted a totally different technique. He has used the expression technique of liberal strokes, fully demonstrating his bold and broad style of expressionism. In Zhou Chunya's painting, flowers, the traditional Chinese theme, presents charming glory under the aura of Western painting skill, realizing a perfect integration of Chinese and Western painting languages. Additionally, Zhou Chunya's bold color application and his expression mode of liberal strokes complete each other. Both color and composition present a bold and mysterious sense. Such innovative and bold artistic creation has reached an extraordinary effect. In Zhou Chunya's view, form and color of such non-mainstream works align with his disposition. With his uninhibited traits he constructs traditional humanistic paintings that are "warm and introvert".

Related Info

Modern & Contemporary Asian Art

Ravenel Autumn Auction 2009 Taipei

Sunday, December 6, 2009, 12:00am