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    CHAO CHUNGHSIANG (1910-1991)

    Moon Crescent

    1988

    Acrylic on Paper
    139×69.5cm

    Signed Chung Hsiang in Chinese and Chao in English, dated 1988

    Estimate TWD 2,300,000-3,000,000
    USD 77,200-100,700
    HKD 0-0

    Hammer Price TWD 2,714,000
    USD 93,586
    HKD 0

Provenance：Provenance from Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong

Illustrated：＂CHAO CHUNG-HSIANG＂ ,Alisan Fine Arts Limited,1997, Page 17

Exhibition：

Exposition：

Chao Chun Xiang intentionally avoided mimicking Western painting and insisted on blending both Eastern and Western art techniques together. He applied water and acrylic paints on Chinese painting paper and incorporated elements utilized mainly by Chinese traditional literati, including bamboos, grass, flowers, birds and fish. He emphasized on the abstract elements. He made a breakthrough with transforming the brushstroke into modern objects that are concrete and also abstract; full of content and form. It has become his unique trademark.

Childhood memory has always been inspiring to artists and Chao was no exception. Leaving home for education at early age, the moving and living in a foreign location made him miss the “natural art gallery” from his hometown and the merits of famers’ humbleness, honesty, morals, politeness and love for each other. He longed for him and his memories are fortified and simplified through the yearning during his years in America. His childhood memories are sublimated into a longing and praising of Chinese traditional culture. Despite the deep influence of L'école de Paris and abstractism, Chao still maintained a Chinese soul in him.

Bamboo-mainly grown in the areas of the Yangzi River, southern and south western regions in China, it is closely related to the everyday lives of the Chinese. To the people, it provided the material for daily commodities. Literati loved bamboo for its firm and hallow nature which serves as a metaphor for noble people. 《Moon Crescent》lightly rendered the thick ink to bring out the quote from “Mosses add their climbing color to the thick bamboo…”. The western abstract art style along with the vivid realist style opened up a new window for the blend of east and west and impressionist materials along with traditional poems.

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