Chongzheng's 10th Anniversary Autumn Auction.
Lot 1389 "Autumn Rain in the Qing Palace" scene map.
Agility and Construction".
Since the 85 New Wave of Fine Arts, Chinese figure painting has relieved itself of the burden of grand themes, paid more attention to itself and the people around it, and explored the form of painting and artistic language, showing a diversified state. Therefore, it is not easy to summarize what Chinese character painting is in the past forty years, but it is not anything, and it is probably possible to borrow Wang Meng's definition of Wang Shuo's artistic characteristics - "avoiding the sublime" - which are closely related to the background of the era of the rapid rise of the citizen class under the washing of the market economy.
After the reflection of "scar art" and the ridicule of "contemporary art", without the presupposition of lofty ideals and the perspective of God, the painters' eyes start from themselves, express the trivial and monotonous daily life, and the frank and humorous depictions make people feel intimate, natural and relaxed and lively. This kind of sincerity is the painter's acceptance of self and his concern for the daily life of the public, and it is the ethical basis for the artist's self-appreciation and self-satisfaction of the undesirable life state of relaxation, leisure, fun and playfulness in this era.
The German aesthete Hegel noted that man "has an impulse to realize himself in the external things that are directly presented to him." "The figure paintings of this era, the calm forms and the quiet daily records, constitute the spiritual portrayal of a generation of self-care in a more relaxed atmosphere of the times.
Chen Yanning is a native of Guangzhou, Guangdong. In 1965, he graduated from the stage art class of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. From 1970 to 1986, he was a professional painter at the Guangdong Academy of Fine Arts. In 1986, he went to the United States to study, and in 1988, he was hired to teach at Oklahoma City University in the United States. He has held numerous solo and group exhibitions in Australia, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United States. His works have been collected by the National Art Museum of China, museums, the Art Gallery of Western Australia, and private collections in the United States, Singapore, Japan, and Europe. Chen Yanning, his name was well known in the Chinese painting circle as early as the 70s, and his works have been selected for many national art exhibitions, which have been widely acclaimed, and he is a leader among the best contemporary Chinese painters. In 1986, he went to the United States to study and taught in the Department of Fine Arts at Oklahoma City University, and then settled in the United States until now. In 1999, Chen was invited to paint a portrait of the Queen of England, and his works were printed as stamps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne. Chen's works have been widely acclaimed at home and abroad, and his works have been collected by the National Art Museums, museums of China, the Art Gallery of Western Australia, and collectors in the United States, Singapore, Japan, and Europe.
Guangdong Chongzheng 10th Anniversary Autumn Auction Lot 1389
Chen Yanning, Autumn Rain in the Qing Palace, oil on canvas.
117×76cm
Signed: Chen Yan Ning 陈燕宁.
Publication: Selected Chinese Modern and Contemporary Paintings, p2, Hebei Education Press, 2008.
rmb：300,000-380,000
usd：41,700-52,800
Chen Yanning's oil paintings not only maintain the taste of China, but also incorporate the elements of Western techniques and materials that conform to the Eastern tradition, and achieve the integration of Eastern and Western aesthetic traditions. Chen Yanning's ability to shape the image of the character was very prominent as early as the 70s of the last century, such as "** Inspecting the Rural Areas of Guangdong" and "New Doctor in the Fishing Port". During his time abroad, his realistic oil paintings with oriental charm won universal praise from the art circles of Western countries, and in 1991 he won the Grand Prix in the British Artists Society Portrait Competition, and since then he has painted portraits of the British royal family and aristocracy. In 1999, he was invited to paint a portrait of the Queen of England at Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, and his work was selected as a commemorative stamp for the 50th anniversary celebration of the Queen of England.
The character in this work is the famous Peking Opera Xiaosheng performance artist and collector Ma Yuqi. Ma Yuqi sat on the side of the Luohan bed in Cixi makeup, with calligraphy in the background and a ceramic bottle on the case, all of which told the viewer Ma Yuqi's identity and taste. By depicting Ma Yuqi's demeanor and the special texture of the surrounding objects, the characters and scenes are real and vivid, with a strong classical Chinese beauty.
Guo Runwen is a native of Zhejiang. In 1982, he graduated from the Stage Design Department of Shanghai Theater Academy with a bachelor's degree. In 1988, he graduated from the teaching assistant class of the Oil Painting Department of the ** Academy of Fine Arts. He is currently a professor of the Oil Painting Department of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, the dean of the School of Fine Arts, the executive vice president of the Oil Painting Institute of the National Academy of Painting, the vice chairman of the China Oil Painting Society, the director of the China Artists Association, a member of the Oil Painting Art Committee, and the vice chairman of the Guangdong Artists Association. Major Awards and Exhibitions: 2011 Oil Painting "Backstage" participated in the 7th Anniversary Oil Painting Exhibition of the Chinese Realist School, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China. In 2012, the oil painting "Xiao Tingting" participated in the 2nd Chinese Oil Painting Sketch Exhibition of "Visible Poetry", National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China. In 2014, 13 oil paintings "Black Sea" participated in the "Ten Years Exhibition of Chinese Realist Painting School", Hunan Art Museum, Hunan, China. In 2015, the oil painting "Long Night" participated in the 6th China Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China. In 2018, the oil painting "Ladies and Gentlemen" participated in the 4th China Oil Painting Biennale, Shanghai Chinese Art Museum, Shanghai, China. In 2019, the oil painting "Black Sea" participated in the 6th Chinese Painting Academy Exhibition, Hunan Art Museum, Hunan, China"。
Guangdong Chongzheng 10th Anniversary Autumn Auction Lot 1385
Guo Runwen is a girl.
25 Years Oil on canvas.
40×30cm
Signature: rw 2005.2
Signature on the back: Runwen 20052
rmb：45,000-60,000
usd：6,300-8,300
He Jueying is a native of Shanghai. He graduated from Shanghai Arts and Crafts School in 1988 and from Shanghai University Academy of Fine Arts in 1995. Member of China Arts and Crafts Society. Main exhibitions: In 2004, "In Front of the Window" was selected for the 10th National Art Exhibition; In 2003, "Falling Thoughts" was selected for the Shanghai Oil Painting Exhibition, and "Twilight Rising" was selected for the Shanghai Youth Art Exhibition; In 2001, "Singing Softly" was selected for the Shanghai Youth Art Exhibition, and "The Breeze of May" was selected for the Shanghai Art Exhibition; In 1993, "Brewing" was selected for the 3rd Shanghai Sports Art Exhibition.
Guangdong Chongzheng 10th Anniversary Autumn Auction Lot 1388
He Jueying in front of the window.
2. Oil on canvas in 24 years.
120×120cm
Signed: He Jue Ying 20045
rmb：280,000-380,000
usd：39,200-53,200
In Front of the Window depicts everyday scenes in the home. Sunlight comes in from the outside, and the characters and objects in the picture seem to be closely connected and independent, and the realistic technique makes people feel very familiar, and the relationship between the characters and the feeling of space make people feel very strange. The little girl sitting on a high stool looks out the window, extending the space of the picture to the outside of the painting. Although there is a passionate yearning in the picture, it is more cold and lonely, and this feeling is real and distant, elusive.
Ding Xiongquan is a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu. He moved to Hong Kong in 1946 and in 1952 moved to Paris to establish close relations with the members of the Cobra Group. He immigrated to New York in 1960 and became a pop artist. He became a citizen of New York in 1974 and has American citizenship and lives in New York and Paris. In 2001, he settled in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. From 1952 to 2002, he held more than 100 solo exhibitions in France, the Netherlands, Canada, Sweden, Spain, Singapore and other countries, as well as Hong Kong, Taiwan and Shanghai.
Guangdong Chongzheng 10th Anniversary Autumn Auction Lot 1390
Ding Xiongquan parrot.
Acrylic and watercolor on paper, 199.
77×115cm
Yin: Flower thief.
rmb：250,000-280,000
usd：34,700-38,900
Internationally acclaimed Chinese painter Ding Xiongquan is known for his brilliant colors and bold expressions, and Ding Xiongquan has established a distinctive style that is independent of the mainstream painting style. Ding Xiongquan once said, "The beauty of flowers cleanses the soul, induces sorrow, makes me love, starts all over again, encourages individuality, brings rebirth, and inspires me to use color." In this work, Ding Xiongquan paints parrots with flower-like bright and rich colors, and it is a little ambiguous, which is pleasing to the eye and heart-pounding, which is very visually striking and recognizable. The colors and lines are free, relaxed and lively.
Mao Xuhui is a native of Chongqing. Born in 1956 in Chongqing, Sichuan Province, China, he moved to Kunming, Yunnan Province with his parents in September of the same year, and graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Yunnan University of the Arts in 1982, majoring in oil painting. From 1996 to 1999, he taught in the Second Oil Painting Studio of the Fine Arts Department of Yunnan University of the Arts, and was transferred to the School of Arts of Yunnan University in 2001. He is currently a member of the Yunnan Oil Painting Art Committee and the vice chairman of the Yunnan Oil Painting Society. In June 1985, he founded the first "New Figurative Painting Exhibition" with colleagues at the Jing'an District Cultural Center in Shanghai, which was exhibited in Nanjing in July and was later listed by critics as an important part of the 85 New Wave Art Movement in Chinese mainland. Major exhibitions: 2009 Beyond New Concreteness: Mao Xuhui's New Works Exhibition, Artside Gallery; 2010 Chuan Death: The Art of Da Mao, Mao Xuhui Painting Exhibition, Yanhuang Art Museum; 2011 Dissociation 2011 Art Changsha: Refraction Forever Mao Xuhui Solo Exhibition, Hunan Provincial Museum; 2012 Reproduction Department Mao Xuhui Solo Exhibition, Soka Art Center, Taiwan; 2013 Mao Xuhui Solo Exhibition, Nature, Folds, Blasphemy, Museum of Contemporary Art, MOCA, Singapore; 2014 Purple Solemnity: Selected Works of Mao Xuhui 2005-2014, Soka Art Center; 2018 I Just Love: Mao Xuhui's New Solo Exhibition, Soka Art Center, Beijing; 2021 Eternal History: Mao Xuhui's Forty Years Retrospective 1980-2021, Tang Contemporary Art.
Guangdong Chongzheng 10th Anniversary Autumn Auction Lot 1391
Mao Xuhui Inverted blue-gray scissors.
In the second year, he made oil paintings on canvas.
100×80cm
Signature on the back: Inverted blue grey scissors 100 80cm Mao Xuhui 2000
rmb：180,000-250,000
usd：25,000-34,700
Mao Xuhui is a leading figure in the "New Figuration" group of the "85 New Wave Art Movement" and one of the most representative pioneers in the development of Chinese contemporary art. The 80s is the starting point of Mao Xuhui's artistic career, since graduating from Yunnan Art Institute in 1982, Mao Xuhui has entered a period of rapid growth, early to Cézanne, Van Gogh, Munch as an example, preference for rough and powerful painting, he spent a lot of time in Yunnan Zhongdian, Nujiang, Guishan and other places to sketch and create, after the impressionist painting language to explore the essence of nature and human nature.
In the 90s, the trend of the art circle shifted from the humanistic ideal atmosphere of modernism to the internationalization and marketization trend of postmodernism. In this constant struggle with reality, "scissors" began to become an important image of Mao Xuhui's creation. Different from the simple and straightforward painting style of his early days, the "Scissors" series shows a clear sense of symbolism, and he has exhausted almost every method to deal with this particular theme, with different backgrounds, tones, styles, and techniques to convey different messages. But whether it's a reference to the scissors used by his mother or a scissors painted in honor of his daughter, Mao Xuhui's works always have a deep emotion running through them. This work of "Scissors" in the late 90s depicts an old-fashioned scissors common in Chinese homes in a deep brown-gray tone, although the painter has minimalist most of the details of the object, it can still instantly recall the heavy feel of the old-fashioned scissors, and the clean, clear lines convey a strong visual impact and spiritual weight.
Ji Dachun, a native of Jiangsu. He graduated from ** Academy of Fine Arts in 1993 and is now a professional painter. Ji Dachun has held solo exhibitions at Kunsthalle Ludwig (Koblenz, Germany), Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome (Rome, Italy), Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing, China), Kunsthalle Bern (Bern, Switzerland), and POSCO Museum (Seoul, South Korea). His works have been exhibited at the 56th Venice Biennale, the 2021 Gwangju Biennale, the first Triennial of Chinese Art, the 2001 Chengdu Biennale, the 2000 Shanghai Biennale, the first Chinese Oil Painting Biennale, and the 2nd Chinese Oil Painting Biennale. As one of China's most representative contemporary artists, Ji Dachun has attracted attention for his distinctive personal style.
Guangdong Chongzheng 10th Anniversary Autumn Auction Lot 1392
Ji Dachun's God of Wealth to Oil on canvas.
108×108cm
Signed: Da Chun.
rmb：90,000-120,000
usd：12,500-16,700
Ji Dachun's paintings use delicate objects and blank backgrounds as iconic symbols, often using small brush tips to delicately rub, rub, dot and dye in millimeters, and sometimes use tea, Chinese medicine, and coffee to splash out color blocks with different colors of the canvas to create a warm and dripping visual effect, which is a rebellion and subversion of traditional oil painting techniques. In this work, Ji Dachun paints a small God of Wealth in the middle of the picture, and through the contrast of sizes, it produces an unexpected sense of humor. The adorable God of Wealth is placed in a large blank canvas, like a prank that subverts the rules of painting.
Sun Hao is a native of Linyi City, Shandong. In 2001, he graduated from the Department of Chinese Painting of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts with a bachelor's degree in figure painting. In 2005, he graduated from the Materials and Expression Studio of the Department of Chinese Painting of ** Academy of Fine Arts. He is currently teaching at the School of Design and Art, Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication.
Guangdong Chongzheng 10th Anniversary Autumn Auction Lot 1393
Sun Hao misses 2 21 ink on paper.
125×96cm
Signed: Sun Hao 2021
Seal: Sun Hao. rmb：200,000-250,000
usd：27,800-34,700