New arrivals in November and De

WU GUANZHONG We have bought a number of paintings in China with the signature of the famous living Chinese Artist Wu Guanzhong.
These have been mounted onto new Silks and have original wood Scroll ends.

We have researched some information on this painter and his school of painting style. Wu Guanzhong is a leading master in 20th-century Chinese painting. His distinctive painting style, having successfully assimilated Western techniques of abstraction, is both Chinese in outlook and modern in conception. An intellectual artist who has published many collections of essays and several dozen painting albums, Wu is one of the few Chinese artists to have established a reputation both in China and the West. In 1992 his paintings were exhibited at the British Museum, the first time such an honour has been accorded to a living Chinese artist.

Wu was born in Yixing, Jiangsu Province, in 1919. In 1935, Wu passed the entrance exam and studied engineering at Zhejiang Industrial School (浙江公立工业专门学校, a technical school of Zhejiang University) in Hangzhou^[2]. In 1936 he transferred to the National Arts Academy of Hangzhou, studying both Chinese and Western painting under Pan Tianshou (1897-1971) and Lin Fengmian (1900-1991). In 1942 he graduated from National Arts Academy, Hangzhou and in 1947 travelled to Paris to study at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts on a government scholarship.

Wu introduced aspects of Western art to his students at the Central Academy of Art in Beijing, where he taught from 1950 to 1953. The Academy was known to have been dominated by social realism and Wu was called "a fortress of bourgeois formalism". Between 1953 and 1964 he taught at Tsinghua University, Beijing and then Beijing Fine Arts Normal College. He was appointed a Professor at the Central Institute of Arts and Crafts, Beijing in 1964 and remained there until 1979. In 1991 Wu was made an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture
Early in his career Guanzhong adopted the pen name Tu, which he uses to sign his work.

Wu's paintings have the colour sense and formal principles of Western paintings, but a spirit and tonal variations of ink that are typically Chinese. Natural scenery is reduced to its essentials - simple but powerful abstract forms. In rows of houses built along the contour of the hills, Wu discovers abstract patterns, the white houses with black roofs standing out against the soft grey tones of the mountains or water. In all his work, objective representation loses its importance, overtaken by the beauty of the abstract forms, lines, colours and subtle ink tones.


New arrivals in November and December
Sansui Ga. 1910 Landscape with two trees in Sumi -ink painting Restored mounts with original scroll ends in wood £175 including Box and postage	Sansui Ga. 1910 Landscape with mountain forest created in Sumi -ink painting Restored mounts with original scroll ends in wood £175 including Box and postage
Swallowtail and Wisteria 1900 Restored Silk Mounts using hand made 19th century Kimono Silk with original wood ends. £195 including box and postage	Koi Carp Recognised varieties Modern Scroll with grey (not blue) Silk Mounts and box. £195
	Abstract Painting signed Wu Guanzhong-Sunrise 4 Winter Morning £195 including box
	An Abstract Painting signed Wu Guanzhong-Sunrise 1 £195 including box
WU GUANZHONG We have bought a number of paintings in China with the signature of the famous living Chinese Artist Wu Guanzhong. These have been mounted onto new Silks and have original wood Scroll ends. We have researched some information on this painter and his school of painting style. Wu Guanzhong is a leading master in 20th-century Chinese painting. His distinctive painting style, having successfully assimilated Western techniques of abstraction, is both Chinese in outlook and modern in conception. An intellectual artist who has published many collections of essays and several dozen painting albums, Wu is one of the few Chinese artists to have established a reputation both in China and the West. In 1992 his paintings were exhibited at the British Museum, the first time such an honour has been accorded to a living Chinese artist. Wu was born in Yixing, Jiangsu Province, in 1919. In 1935, Wu passed the entrance exam and studied engineering at Zhejiang Industrial School (浙江公立工业专门学校, a technical school of Zhejiang University) in Hangzhou^[2]. In 1936 he transferred to the National Arts Academy of Hangzhou, studying both Chinese and Western painting under Pan Tianshou (1897-1971) and Lin Fengmian (1900-1991). In 1942 he graduated from National Arts Academy, Hangzhou and in 1947 travelled to Paris to study at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts on a government scholarship. Wu introduced aspects of Western art to his students at the Central Academy of Art in Beijing, where he taught from 1950 to 1953. The Academy was known to have been dominated by social realism and Wu was called "a fortress of bourgeois formalism". Between 1953 and 1964 he taught at Tsinghua University, Beijing and then Beijing Fine Arts Normal College. He was appointed a Professor at the Central Institute of Arts and Crafts, Beijing in 1964 and remained there until 1979. In 1991 Wu was made an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture Early in his career Guanzhong adopted the pen name Tu, which he uses to sign his work. Wu's paintings have the colour sense and formal principles of Western paintings, but a spirit and tonal variations of ink that are typically Chinese. Natural scenery is reduced to its essentials - simple but powerful abstract forms. In rows of houses built along the contour of the hills, Wu discovers abstract patterns, the white houses with black roofs standing out against the soft grey tones of the mountains or water. In all his work, objective representation loses its importance, overtaken by the beauty of the abstract forms, lines, colours and subtle ink tones. The series of paintings we bought are quite abstract but very beautiful and while we bought these at a very good price that is also reflected in the extremely reasonable price we are charging after we have mounted these onto new scrolls. They are very decorative and will suit either a modern or a traditional home. If you would like to buy more than one Scroll in this set we will offer a discount of 15% Further information about Wu Guanzhong -click this line:
	Abstract Painting signed Wu Guanzhong-Sunrise 2 £195 including box
	Abstract Painting signed Wu Guanzhong-Sunrise 3 £195 including box

	The Kingfisher: A subtle metaphor for 'Always Ready'. Newly restored with original ends and new Box. £175

Bonsai. Black Pine Kuro Matsu. In the Literati, Bunjin Style. This is a unique Sumei style painting. This is the first painting of a Bonsai I have found . It is a rare subject for a scroll painter. Dating from around 1870. Recently and very beautifully detailed restored grey silk mounts with 19th century period red lacquered Scroll Ends. A truly valuable scroll and comes with its 19th century hand made box. £395

WU GUANZHONG We have bought a number of paintings in China with the signature of the famous living Chinese Artist Wu Guanzhong. These have been mounted onto new Silks and have original wood Scroll ends.

WU GUANZHONG We have bought a number of paintings in China with the signature of the famous living Chinese Artist Wu Guanzhong.
These have been mounted onto new Silks and have original wood Scroll ends.