GUAN LIANG 關良 (Guangzhou, China, 1900 - 1986) Opera singers Dated 1957 Ink and colour on paper, mounted as a hanging scroll Inscribed and signed, with two red seals of the artist 69.9cm high, 46cm wide 關良 戲劇人物圖 1957年作 設色紙本 立軸 款識：蒨英女士雅屬。一九五七年冬於柏林。 鈐印：「關良」、「簡遠」 - Guan Liang, born in 1900 in Guangdong province, is a highly-regarded artist of the 20th century, known primarily for his works depicting figures from Peking opera. He trained as an oil painter under the tutelage of Fujishima Takeji in Tokyo, and subsequently returned to China in 1922 and taught at both the Shanghai Fine Arts School and the National Academy of Art in Hangzhou. Although Guan began his career as an oil painter, he later focused on traditional Chinese ink wash painting that featured characters from Peking operas. He is considered one of the first artists to introduce Western painting techniques to traditional ink wash painting. -