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中誠2017年秋季拍賣「亞洲現代與當代藝術」
ZHAO SHAOANG (1905-1998)
1989
132x32cm (2)
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Zhao Shao-Ang, alias Shuyi was born in Guangdong province in 1905. At the early age of fifteen, he began studying painting from the famous Lingnan painter, Gao Qifeng at his private art school along with artist like Li Xiong-Cai, Guan Shan-Yue. And Yang Shan-Shen, they called themselves the second generation of leading Lingnan painters. In 1929, he participated in the National Art Exhibition for the first time. In 1930, he was awarded a gold medal at the Brussels International World Fair in Belgium. He was the head of the Chinese Painting Department at the Guangzhou Art Institution, and professor at the National Central University, National Art Academy, and Fushan Art Academy. He is an expert in portraying nature in his work such as flowers and birds, wilderness, and landscape. He is especially renowned for his paintings of flowers and birds series. In 1965 and 1967, he participated in “Birds by Renowned Artists Exhibition” and “Wilderness by Renowned Artists Exhibition” at the Tate Modern Museum in London, where he received acknowledgment and positive reviews. His works are exhibited in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, Boston, Chicago, Hawaii, Canada, Westdeutschland, Australia, and thirty other countries.