Cui Zifan (1915-2011)Lotus, 1985Ink and pigment on paper, inscribed by the artist and dated Yichou (1985), signed Zifan with one artist's seal reading Cui Zifan, framed and glazed. 101cm x 52.5cm (39 3/4in x 20 3/4in)注脚1985年 崔子範(1915-2011年) 香遠益清 設色紙本 鏡框裝裱乙丑歲 子范Provenance: an English private collection來源：英國私人收藏Cui Zifan was one of the leading modern masters of the Chinese Expressionist school of ink painting (da xieyi). He was born in Shandong Province to a family of farmers, but as a child he was drawn to calligraphy and painting. Although his family was so impoverished that they could not afford art materials, he practiced on slate with chalk. In 1940, he was studying at Yan'an and by 1956 he was General Secretary of the Academy of Painting in Beijing where Qi Baishi was honorary president.Compare with a similar painting of red lotus by Cui Zifan, 1981, which was sold at Bonhams New York, 13 March 2017, lot 2100.