|
|
Liu Chunhai Painting - Female Red Guard #1
Catalogue:
Fine Art:
Paintings:
Contemporary item# 504354 (stock# Z2014)
|
click for details
|
1930 Shanghai and More
Tel: 1.510.748.9989
$395
|
Liu Chunhai, a Chinese modern artist works closely with his partner and wife, the renowned new Chinese modern artist Zhao Tianqi. His drawing of an female red guard holding a rifle and carrying a knife, while an ancient scholar is reading a book is referring to Su Zi's War of Strategy and the Chinese proverb of "Discussing war strategy on paper", referring to the lack of practical field skills. 30" x 21". Signed and dated.
|
|
Huxian Painting (Chinese Peasantry Art) - # 1
Catalogue:
Fine Art:
Paintings:
Pre 1990 item# 274662 (stock# H2001)
|
click for details
|
1930 Shanghai and More
Tel: 1.510.748.9989
$40 - SOLD
|
Huxian Peasant paintings came from Huxian, Shaanxi Province, China, a town near Xi’an, the site of Terra Cotta soldiers. The style is said to be originated from the late 1950s when Hu township peasants built a new reservoir and began to paint the work in progress in order to record this work. These first peasant paintings did not even have proper paints - soot, lime and the red soil of the area were used to make paint. During the Cultural Revolution, Huxian paintings were shown abroad to prove t ...click for details
|
|
|
|
Beauty by a lamp
Catalogue:
Fine Art:
Paintings:
Pre 1940 item# 92030 (stock# P2019)
|
click for details
|
1930 Shanghai and More
Tel: 1.510.748.9989
$20
|
In this painting, a beauty is holding her usual fan, leaning against a table where a lamp is sitting. On the upper right of the painting a famous phrase was quoted - "The river and mountain is as beautiful as a still picture." This phrase is clearly referring to the woman who is also as pretty as a picture to the painter.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
