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Introduction of the 19th Beijing Poly Chinese Paintings and Calligraphies Fine Arts Sales

2012-07-24 10:54:51

 Building on our success of three billions transaction spring sale as the top 1 auction, Beijing Poly continue to offer you a marvellous art feast which consist of dozen of exhibitions and the gorgeous 19th Chinese paintings& Calligraphies and Manuscripts Sales. This sale will be launched from Aug 8th to 10th as the preview, and Aug 10th as the day sale on Beijing Convention and Exhibition Centre.


    The first exhibition ¡°GIFT TOGETHER--------COLLECTORS' EXERTS OF CHINESE MODERN PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY¡± insist the outstanding modern and contemporary collection of several great Chinese collectors like Huang Junru, Xie Jingchen. Some of them worked in the authentic art magazine with absolutely fine taste, sensitive feeling and gorgeous talent in art field or they are the artists themselves. These works they got have the incredible high quality and the exquisite details which can not be ignored. Especially the paintings as following, Xie Jingchun¡¯s collection ¡®Panda¡¯ of Wu Zuoren, ¡®Southern Madame¡¯ of Zhou Sichong, Huang Junyan¡¯s collection ¡® Changjiang River come into painting¡¯ of Qian Songyan, ¡® Standing on the top of mountain¡¯ of Li Kuchan, ¡® Feeding deer¡¯ of Cheng Shifa, ¡®Iron bone and sweet smell of plum blossom¡¯ and several portraits of Yuan Wu, these works of art are rarely seen in the contemporary market.


    From Ming dynasty, the Improvisation became the most preferred communication choice among the civilized group. ¡°PIECEFUL CLIMAX--------MODERN MASTERS' FINE WORKS¡± including hundreds of delicate paintings, including paintings from revered contemporary masters like Xu Beihong, Liu Haisu, Fu Baoshi, Xie Zhiliu, Wu Zuoren, Qi Gong ,Zhou Sichong. Paintings of Xu Beihong, Fu Baoshi and Xie Zhiliu were the the celebration gifts to the National Music Academy¡¯s professor Zheng Jingfan and Cheng Jingzi¡¯s wedding anniversary in Chongqing Period. In addition, the splendid details and the witty arrangement of small size paintings as the presents to the celebrated Pingtan artist Yang Zhenxiong, perfectly represented the virtuosity and ingenuity of these revered master, Liu Haisu, Fu Baoshi, Song Wenzhi and Lu Yanshao.

 

¡®TALENT CARNIVAL-------FINE CHINESE MODERN PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY(I)¡¯ continually represent the masterpieces of Qi Baishi, Huang Binhong, Xu Beihong, Zhang Daqian, Li Keran, Xie Zhiliu and the other revered contemporary artists. 'Prawns Among Leaves' by Qi Baishi, were the gift for his wife Hu Baozhu. The arrangement is just delightful and humorous, with lovely swimming prawns in the pond under shimmering branches and graceful calligraphy. The other brushwork of Qi Bishi as the present for Zhu Xinfo has the similar pattern: several wine jar besides crabs, achieved a very calculated effort.The Huang Binhong¡¯s representitive work ¡®Among the mountains¡¯ using the inherited Song dynasty black and white ink tradition with several bold coloured brushes, is also rare in the market.

 

 Xu Beihong's large size painting ' high official ' , representing a beautiful feather cock standing on a huge rock proudly, were the gift for the former Military Political Commissar, President of Fujian Province Ding Chaowu. The other seven character couplet for the same owner, Ding Chaowu, was written by Li Junlie, who was the influential official of the Kuomintang Party. In addition, Huang Yanghui, one of the apprentice of Xu Beihong, offered two landscape sketches of Xubeihong, also very rare in the market nowadays.


   ¡®Sails among the river', which was been exhibited in New York City in 1969, was the old collection of Fei Erman who was the key figure of the meeting of Zhang Daqian and Picasso and also the female leading actress of Madama Butterfly. The whole painting has the most graceful and bold brushes and fine details as well, could been seen as the representative paintings of Zhang Daqian, the rare genius through history.


   
Also Zhang's old friends Xie Zhiliu's 'Spring from the forest' is ink painting, reminds the beauty of nature acquired not only by observation but also meditation . 'Green Mountain after rain' is a great example of Li Keran's art language innovation. Stringing two topic into one, this painting was painted in 1984 and was been collected by Christie's with Li Xiaoke's certificate,who is the son of the artist.

 

  The main characters of  'IMITATION NATURE--------CONTEMPORARY CHINESE PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY' are the leading figures of contemporary painters like Zhou Sichong, Huang Yongyu, Wang Mingmng, Feng Dazhong, Yang Mingyi, Fan Yang. Especially paintings of Lu Chen and Zhou Sichong, offered by Zhou's relatives, do have the dream like mood and fantastic arrangement. Huang Yongyu's large size painting ' Huai Su in writing' and 'sweet smell of lotus' are a pair of super star in the show. 'Huai Su in writing' represent Huaisu is holding a brush by two fingers above the leaves of plantain, bring out an outstanding impression of space and forms. The title in the painting says 'people only know the monk is good at calligraphy but ingore why'. The two fascinating calligraphy of Feng Yuan, one is about summer, one is about autumn.Offered by a gentlemen from the title of the calligraphy,' The Bathing' conveyed a tiger lying on the ground with bold calligraphy and marvellous poem. The other fantastic paintings from Fu Baoshi's daughters Fu Yiyao and Fu Yiyu are fairly attractive.


    After Qianlong and Jiajing Period, Calligraphy experienced the Han movement proliferating among the intellects. Great followers gave response even after a dynasty, toward their great masters, Yin Bingshou, Liu Yong, He Shaoji, who admired The Han Dynasty Style and did art innovation cultivated by their new interest. 'BEWITCH STRUCTURE--------CHINESE CALLIGRAPHYWORKS AFTER QIANLONG ERA' has a long time expandation from Qianlong and Jiajing period to the contemporary. Two books' Chinese calligraphy appreciation from Qing to the Republic of China' and ' The story of stone poem and calligraphy collection are rare and attractive,and they are also a excellent sources for the research of the Chinese Calligraphy history. In modern area, Qi Gong's calligraphies are elaborately chosen. Among these 'Running hand poem' was published in China modern calligrapher collection' in 1996.


    ¡®POSSESS TRANQUIL--------FINE CHINESE MODERN PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY(II)', convey the multi-aspect achievement of the revered masters in modern time.  The paintings of Liu Haishu and Deng Kaijun's cooperation, painted for the anti-Japanese war donation, were bid with no reserve price. Huang Yongyu's painting for his friend Li Linong named ' Drinking in the pavillion'  has a very clear provenance, was been used as the final picture in the collected works of Li Linong.
   

After two sales of Chinese contemporary paintings and calligraphies, it is our honour to offer 'Polishing Jade----Fine Chinese Paintings and Calligraphies from all over the world ' . This sales are largely consist of the Zhu Meidun and Wang Rong's collection. If the commutation between the intellects in Beijing and Shanghai may interest you, this sales could be a nice opportunity. This sale also have great masters like Fu Baoshi and Zhang Daqian, Zhou Sichong and He Haixian, all the paintings of them have a high quality and reliable provenance. We believe the sale would give you pleasure and surprise.


     Ancient paintings and calligraphies area has two separate sales,'CHERISH FURTHER--------CHINESE CLASSICAL PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY(I)' and 'EXPERINCING PLEASURE--------FINE CHINESE CLASSICAL PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY(II)'.  The former one gather nearly two hundreds of art works from experienced collectors. We offer the auction sales with no reserve price confidently.  The latter one also have a very multi form and topic of art. The most attractive painting ' Four Season beauty ' convey the maid's life in the imperial palace. The scene is so dramatic and vivid, that we sincerely hope you enjoy the painting, and enjoy our 19th show.