LOT 8045 Gulangyu, 1980's Wu Guanzhong (1919-2010)
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26 3/4 x 27 1/2in (68 x 70cm)
Gulangyu, 1980's|Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, with two seals of the artist reading Wu Guanzhong yin and Bashi niandai|26 3/4 x 27 1/2in (68 x 70cm)|吳冠中 鼓浪嶼 設色紙本 立軸 1980年代作Wu Guanzhong is noted for his paintings of towns and cities, ranging from intimate sketches of Jiangnan canal towns to sweeping views of the Hong Kong skyline. In this portrayal of Gulangyu, a small island off the coast of Xiamen, he deviates from earlier, comparatively representational works, and explores a high degree of abstraction. The artist's travels and training through Europe, and his fascination with Western modern art deeply influenced his interpretations of traditional Chinese ink painting. In the present artwork, the artist takes cues from cubism, with the scene's elements broken up into an intriguingly dense composition of lines and tones. We view the island's buildings though multiple angles and planes, calling to mind Dong Qichang's (1555-1636) experiments with perspective. Wu Guanzhong first traveled to Gulangyu in 1977. Two similar works but of a vertical rather than horizontal format, also unsigned, are dated to 1985 are included in Wu Guangzhong Quan ji vol 6, pp. 304-305.
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