Xie ZhiLiu (Chinese, 1910-1997), Watercolor on paper laid to silk. Chinese hand painting depicted bright-orange-red lotus blooms amongst the bluish-green board wide foliate. Calligraphy lettering inscription, followed with artist's signature and iron-red seals on the upper left, with additional seal on lower right.

Dimension: 38.5" H x 84.5"L

The Sale Will Benefit IFGF Church of Atlanta

LOT NOTES:
Xie Zhiliu (Chinese; 1910-1997) was a leading traditional painter, calligrapher, and art connoisseur of modern China. He was a noted member of the Shanghai School of art. Xie and his wife Chen Peiqiu are one of the most famous couples in Chinese art. The government of Shanghai has opened a museum in Nanhui New City dedicated to them.

Born Xie Zhi in Wujin (now part of Changzhou), Jiangsu province in 1910, Xie went by his courtesy name Zhiliu. He also used the art name Zhuangmusheng in his later life.
Xie began learning to paint at the age of nine, and received an education according to the Chinese artistic tradition, which is a combination of drawing directly from life and copying the paintings of old masters. At the age of 19 he began to emulate the style of Ming dynasty master Chen Hongshou. In the 1930s Xie Zhiliu befriended the famous painter Zhang DaQian. In 1942 Xie went to Dunhuang with Zhang to study the art of the Mogao Caves. After returning he published several books including Records of Dunhuang Art and Compilation of Dunhuang Cave Art.
In 1943, Xie was hired as an art professor by the National Central University (now Nanjing University), then exiled in Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War. He held personal exhibitions in many Chinese cities including Chengdu, Chongqing, Kunming, Xi'an, and Shanghai. After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, he worked on cultural relic preservation, and served as a consultant for the Shanghai Museum and vice chairman of the Shanghai branch of the China Artists Association.
Xie Zhiliu's works are in the collection of the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, and he is one of the seven artists featured in the Exhibition for Noted Painters at the China Art Museum in Shanghai. He donated many artworks to his hometown Changzhou, which established the Xie Zhiliu Art Gallery in the Changzhou Museum in 1992.
In 2010, the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City held an exhibition of around 150 of his works donated by his daughter Sarah Shay, commemorating his 100th birthday.
Xie Zhiliu's wife Chen Peiqiu is also a well-known artist. In 2015, the Shanghai municipal government opened the Xie Zhiliu and Chen Peiqiu Art Gallery in Nanhui New City, Pudong, in honour of the artist couple.

Natural imperfection on the medium (paper or silk), regardless from any major damages; includes light blooms, discoloration and minor fading. Consider normal due to the ages.

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