Ink and watercolor on paper, hanging scroll, featuring landscape painting of forest and river, signed by Wu Guanzhong (Chinese, 1919-2010), inscribed with 1 artist seal, 64 x 66 cm. Wu Guanzhong was a Chinese artist known for landscapes that combined traditional Eastern ink wash drawing with Western oil painting. His willingness to teach Western art techniques made him the target of political oppression during the Cultural Revolution, constricting his creative output until the 1980s when he was again free to paint works like Pine Spirit (1984). “Art is like a kite,†he once mused. “You have to pull the string hard in order to stretch it to its limit, but you don't want to pull it so hard that you break the thread, because the thread connects you to the land and its peoples.†Born on August 29, 1919 in Jiangsu Province, China, he traveled to Paris to study on scholarship at the École nationale supérieur des Beaux-Arts in 1947. His time in France inspired him, and he left having gleaned formal ideas from Henri Matisse, Paul Cézanne, and Vincent van Gogh. He was the first living Chinese artist to be given a solo show at London’s British Museum in 1992. Wu died on June 25, 2010 in Beijing, China at the age of 90. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence, KS, the National Gallery Singapore, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among others. 992. Wu died on June 25, 2010 in Beijing, China at the age of 90. PROVENANCE: Acquired from the artist (Circa 2000). Private collection (Toronto, ON)

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