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  • Zhong Cheng 2014 Spring Auction「Morden And Contemporary Art」
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    SAD JI (1914-2005)

    Plates and Vase of Flowers

    約1930年

    Oil on Canvas
    56x46cm

    Signed SAD JI in English

    Estimate TWD 1,450,000-2,000,000
    USD 48,300-66,700
    HKD 0-0

    Hammer Price TWD 1,652,000
    USD 0
    HKD 0

Provenance：Acquired from Belgium Auction

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Sad Ji, born in 1914 Sha Village Jin County Zhejiang Province, was one of the earliest artists receiving training in Belgium. A disciple of Xu Bei Hong and Alfred Bastien the principal of Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Sad Ji Chi held several personal exhibitions during his stay and co-exhibited with art master Picaso. Graduating with the best performance, he was honored with “Gold Prize of Fine Arts” and began his spectacular career. However, things did not go as well when he returned to China, pain and struggle inflicted by war and the Cultural Revolution came one after another; the passing of his father; the loneliness he encountered after losing his wife and children caused his psychological illness to deteriorate. He has released the turbulent emotions; the struggle in life and the passion for art into his paintings.

 

《Plates and Vase of Flowers》was created in 1930- the golden years of the artist’s career. He was prolific with a series of quality artworks. His style passes down Xu Bei Hong’s French academic tradition and with his delicate skills; he created a humble yet delicate poetic atmosphere. The intertwining lines and color blocks; the pure white pedals and the solid black in the background are the strong base of the painting. The lighter colored leaves and table tops bring out the pure white flower in the middle. Viewers can directly feel Sad Ji’s art language that has transformed from realism to impressionism or even fauvism. The tranquil blue and black compose the elegant stoneware with several pedals dropped in the middle. The painting is full of elegant refined literati charisma. Sad Ji painting freely and through the endless accumulating from scraping, the texture is thick and freezes time and shadows spontaneously. A sense of humbleness and tranquility is revealed in the bold brushstrokes.

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