JIANG TIEFENG Running Horses Serigraph XL, circa 1989, numbered in lower left corner XXXVI/LXXV, signed in the lower right corner, subject shows abstract nude women and horses in bright colors, in frame measures approx 52 1/2 x 38 1/2 in., gold toned wood and black composite frame, surface wear to frame, professionally framed, not examined out of frame. Jiang is the founder of the Yunnan School of Painting, one of the most important contemporary movements of abstract art in China. His works are richly colored and his imagery contains figurative elements with contrasting patterns. Considered to be at the forefront of contemporary Chinese art, Jiang paints as if creating stained glass windows, concentrating on women, horses, birds, and flowers through brightly colored ink and calligraphic lines. Jiang attended the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. He studied with the renowned Chinese artist, Huang Yong-Yu. During the 1960s and early 1970s, Jiang was assigned to produce propaganda posters during Maos