Lot 639
Tiger
AU Ho-nien (Taiwanese, 1935 - 2024)
CHU MOO-LAN (Taiwanese, 1938)
1986
Ink and colour on paper, framed
Estimate
TWD 480,000-750,000
HKD 122,000-191,000
USD 15,600-24,400
CNY 105,000-164,000
Sold Price
TWD 720,000
HKD 178,660
USD 22,784
CNY 157,894
Signature
Signed HO-NIEN in Chinese With two seals of the artist
EXHIBITED: 2018 Ink Party Rioters: Eleven Ink-Color Painters, National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei, April 25-May 7, 2018
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This work was collaborated by Au Ho-Nien and Zhu Mulan in 1986, during the time when Au was the head of the Faculty of Art at the Chinese Culture University and Au’s peak of his artistic career. Au excelled in depicting animals, birds, landscapes and flowers. Amongst the animals, his favourite subjects are tigers, lions and eagles, collected by major private and academic collections. Animal paintings of Au Ho-Nien are renowned for the animals’ liveliness and structure. Despite the stillness of the tiger, its body is ready for attack, its head is lowered and its eyes are fixated on its prey. Details of the tigers were depicted, with special attention in its muscles and body outline. This work requires immense time and effort. Details were meticulously depicted including the white hair on the head, chest and legs. Shanma brush was used with scrupulous effort, giving the tiger its majestic character. Au loves depicting tigers and once wrote a poem for this majestic animal. Such gestures show Au’s literati character and his respect to the animal.
Refined Brushwork: Fine Chinese Paintings
Ravenel Spring Auction 2019
Saturday, June 1, 2019, 3:30pm