Artist: Huang Qiuyuan 黄秋园 (1914 - 1979)
Waterside Landscape
Ink on paper, Yisebiao mount, Vertical axis hanging scroll
Painting (Sight): Length: 180 cm, Width: 32 cm
Dated: In the Mid Winter day of Wu Zi year (1948)
Signed/Seal(s): Signed, with Two Artist seals

PROVENANCE:

Nien Cheng 念鄭 or Zheng Nian 鄭念 (January 28, 1915 - November 2, 2009) was the pen name of Yao Nien-Yuan (姚念媛). She was a Chinese author known for recounting her experiences during the Cultural Revolution in her memoir Life and Death in Shanghai.

ARTIST BIO: Huang Qiuyuan 黄秋园 (1914 - 1979) a native of Nanchang, Jiangxi, named Mingqi, courtesy name Qiuyuan, nicknamed Dajuezi, Half a Monk, and Qingfeng Old Man. He loved painting since he was a child, and later worked in a bank. All his calligraphy and painting creations were done in his spare time. He was smart, studious, profound, and achieved great achievements. After 1970, he devoted all his energy to the creation of calligraphy and painting, reaching the peak of his artistic creation in his life . Five years after his death, his works were made public to the world and shocked the entire Chinese painting world; Li Keran , the great master of the generation Mr. Qiuyuan sighed: "It is a shame for the state-owned Yan Hui to not know about it." In 1987, the Central Academy of Fine Arts appointed Mr. Qiu Yuan as an honorary professor; the Chinese Painting Research Institute appointed Mr. Qiu Yuan as an honorary member of the Academy Committee; in 1987, the "Huang Qiuyuan Memorial Hall"; "Huang Qiuyuan's Former Residence" are listed as provincial and municipal cultural relics protection units.

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