Yun Shouping (惲壽平; 1633-1690) framed Chinese Qing Dynasty traditional painting of peonies blooms, ink and color on paper, laid to silk, hanging scroll. Signed and dated, in the Spring of Dingmao year (ca. 1687)Lifelike of groups plump flowering Peonies tree branch.


Measurements: Scroll Width: 23 3/8" Length: 76 1/2'"
Painting Length: 22 7/8" Width: 13 1/4"


The Sale Will Benefit for Momentum Church, GA.

PROVENANCE:
From the heirloom collections of DR. Wu Guozhen (吳國楨; October 21, 1903-June 6, 1984) was a Chinese political figure and historian, government official who served as mayor of Hankow (1932-1938), mayor of Chung-king (1939-1941), political vice minister of foreign affairs (1943-1945), mayor of Shanghai (1946-1948), and governor of Taiwan (1950-1952) and the former Chairman of Taiwan Provincial Government. He resigned in 1953 and went to the United States.
K.C. Wu lived in the United States where he served as professor of Chinese history at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. During his time in the United States, he wrote various works, including a detailed analysis on Chinese culture in the context of mythology and early history in his book The Chinese Heritage.

The second part collections of DR. Wu Guozhen (吳國楨) presented and offered up to auctions:
ON DAY-1: From Lot-97 through Lot-124, and continued from Lot-204 through Lot-228.
ON DAY-2: from Lot-357 through Lot-386.

LOT NOTES:
Yun Shouping (惲壽平; 1633-1690) also known as Nantian (南田) was a major artist of the early Chinese Qing dynasty. He was regarded as one of the Six Masters of the Qing period, together with the Four Wangs and Wu Li.
Yun was born to a prominent but impoverished family in Wujin, Jiangsu province. He excelled in his classes and was expected to enter into the civil service, but his family could not afford it. Instead, he devoted himself to art; as early as the age of eight he was composing poetry on lotus blossoms. In his early life, he made a living painting landscapes..
As a young man, once he had the means, Yun traveled China and became acquainted with the art of Wang Hui and Zha Shibiao. On seeing Wang Hui s landscapes for the first time, Yun felt overawed and gasped, saying In this art, your learning and talent surpass all. Try as I may, I can only rank second. Unwilling to rank second, Yun shifted his focus; he studied flowers, birds, insects, and bamboo. Yun imitated the 11th century artist Xu Xi s mogu (or boneless ) method, an approach that tried to express art without rigidly defined outlines and forms. This style became a hallmark of the Yun family s artistic style, with Yun s daughter Bing continuing to develop the technique.
Yun s style was vibrant and expressive; he attempted to display the inner vitality and spirit of his subjects in painting. Yun sought inspiration from the past; his Flower and Fruit (now at the Hong Kong Museum of Art) imitated the style of the masters of the Yuan dynasty. He was unafraid of using strong colors, such as reds and purples, which had traditionally been shunned by Chinese painters as they were seen as gaudy and offensive. He revived the genre of flower paintings in China and became popular throughout the country. Yun s style would be imitated and he became the founder of the Ch ang chou school of painting. Yun was also recognized as a prominent calligrapher, in which he followed the style of Chu Suiliang.

TEARS ON THE PAINTING (PLEASE REFER TO IMAGES LISTING) Over all in FAIR condition, with 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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