Eddy Chan Kwan Lap (Chen Junli, 1947-)


Source of Life, 1990 Mounted for framing, ink and color on paper, singed Chen Junli, dated 1990, with one seal of the artist Chen Junli. 11 x 15 7/8in (27.8 x 40.4cm)
|陳君立 生命之源 設色紙本 鏡片 一九九〇年作Provenance:Professor Chu-Tsing Li, acquired directly from the artistEddy Chan Kwan Lap was born in Guangdong China. He studied Chinese ink painting at University of Hong Kong. In the early 1980s Chan pursued his study in art abroad. He received his BA in fine art from Concordia University in Canada in 1985. In 2006 he obtained a MFA degree from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University. Since the beginning of Eddy's career, the artist has held exhibitions worldwide. His paintings are now in the collection of Hong Kong Museum of Art, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Jiangsu Provence Museum of Art and many other art institutions. The tree depicted in the current lot is a theme frequently explored in Chan's work. As the title given by the artist indicates, the entangled yet upward growing tree symbolizes the vitality of life. Trained both in China and the West, Chan employees a variety of non-traditional ink painting techniques.