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中誠2012年春季拍賣
YAN WENLIANG (1893-1988)
35.8×55.7cm
Estimate
TWD 2,000,000-3,000,000USD 67,800-101,700
HKD 0-0
Hammer Price
TWD 2,124,000USD 70,918
HKD 0
Born in Suzhou, China, Yan developed his interest in art under the influence of his father. He worked at Shanghai Commercial Press Ltd. and was initiated into Western art by a Japanese painter and an etching artisan. After that time, he went to Japan to study western painting. Yan was a famous oil painter and art educator in China. In 1922, he founded the Suzhou Art Academy with Zhu Shijie (1900-1990) and Fu Cuizhong (1899-1974), and served as the Academy Director. In 1928, he went to study in France and studied painting at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1929, Yan's gouache "Kitchen" won an honorable mention in the Salon du Printemps. After return to China in 1931, he continued his post as the principal of Suzhou Fine Arts School. He remained there until 1952 when he was appointed a deputy-dean of the art department of Nanjing Central Academy. Afterwards he taught at the Zhejiang Fine Arts Academy as Vice Director. His painting was selected into the sixth National Fine Arts Exhibition and became a permanent collection of National Art Museum of China in Beijing.