Guan Liang

LOT 1227 MODERN PAINTINGS FROM THE TIAN LE STUDIO (LOTS 1226-1241) GUAN LIANG (1899-1986) OPERA FIGURES signed GUAN LIANG, dated ji wei, 1979, winter, titled, with two seals of the artist, and one collector's seal ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll 68 BY 45 CM. 26 ¾ BY 17 5/8 IN.

The Scenery of Germany GUAN LIANG 50×41cm Oil on Canvas Guan was born in Fanyu, Guangdong Province. At the age of seventeen, he went to Japan, where he learnt his painting skills in various Tokyo art institutions. On his return home, Guan taught in various art schools including the Shanghai Fine Arts School and the Hangzhou National College of Art. His first solo exhibition was held in Chengdu in 1940, when he firmly established his distinctive portraiture style, featuring inparticular famous Beijing Opera personas. Among the many group exhibitions in which he participated are included: Chengdu, 1942, at which he exclusively exhibited the aforementioned Beijing opera personas; 1945, Chongqing, at which Guan exhibited alongside master painters such as Lin Fenmian, Ding Yanyong, Zhao Wuji, Ni Yide, Pang Xunqing at the “ Modern Painters’’’’ Exhibition” and in 1957, at the Berlin Academy of Science, East Germany, together with Guan Liang and Li Keran, all three of whom had been sent to East Germany by the Chinese government for the express purpose of the exhibition. In 1986, The Shanghai Art Museum held a memorial exhibition for Guan. Acquired from the collector who directly purchased the work from the artist's relative. 1957年 Guan Liang 1900-1986, Lin & Ken Gallery, 1996, p.65. Teachers and Students Exhibition of Hangzhou Arts School - the Cradle of Chinese Modern Painting, Lin & Ken Gallery, 1997, p.38. Guan Liang Centennial Exhibition, Lin & Ken Gallery, 2000, p.21. Grand Future - New Oriental Aesthetics of Cultural Subjectivity, Lin & Ken Gallery, 2007, p.55. Road - Not Only Between the Two Points, Lin & Lin Gallery, 2010, p.17. Guan Liang, Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 2009, p.64. Guan Liang Oil Painting Exhibition, Lin & Ken Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 1996. Teachers and Students Exhibition of Hangzhou Arts School - the Cradle of Chinese Modern Painting, Lin & Ken Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 1997. Guan Liang Centennial Exhibition, Lin & Ken Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 2000. Guan Liang Solo Exhibition, Lin & Ken Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 2004. Wu Mo Zui Xi - The Group Exhibition of Lin Fengmian, Guan Liang and Wu Dayu, Lin & Ken Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 2006. The Opening Exhibition of Lin & Lin Gallery in Beijing, Lin & Ken Gallery, Beijing, China, 2007. Road - Not Only Between the Two Points, Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei & Beijng, 2010.

CHINESE OPERA FIGURE CHINESE OPERA FIGURE GUAN LIANG 66×42cm 约2.5平尺 Ink & Color on Paper Guan was born in Fanyu, Guangdong Province. At the age of seventeen, he went to Japan, where he learnt his painting skills in various Tokyo art institutions. On his return home, Guan taught in various art schools including the Shanghai Fine Arts School and the Hangzhou National College of Art. His first solo exhibition was held in Chengdu in 1940, when he firmly established his distinctive portraiture style, featuring inparticular famous Beijing Opera personas. Among the many group exhibitions in which he participated are included: Chengdu, 1942, at which he exclusively exhibited the aforementioned Beijing opera personas; 1945, Chongqing, at which Guan exhibited alongside master painters such as Lin Fenmian, Ding Yanyong, Zhao Wuji, Ni Yide, Pang Xunqing at the “ Modern Painters’’’’ Exhibition” and in 1957, at the Berlin Academy of Science, East Germany, together with Guan Liang and Li Keran, all three of whom had been sent to East Germany by the Chinese government for the express purpose of the exhibition. In 1986, The Shanghai Art Museum held a memorial exhibition for Guan.

GUAN LIANG (1899-1986) Monkey King Stealing the Sacred Peach Entitled, inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist Dated dingsi year (1977) Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper 68 x 39 cm. (26 3/4 x 15 5/8 in.) 20th Century 關良 鬧桃 設色紙本 立軸 一九七七年作 題識：鬧桃。丁巳 (1977年)，關良。 鈐印：關良七十八後作、火眼金睛 Lot 272, 7 April 2006, Fine Chinese Paintings, Sotheby's Hong Kong. VARIOUS OWNERS

LOT 1250 PAINTINGS & CALLIGRAPHY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR & MRS LIN QIN (LOTS 1246-1253) GUAN LIANG (1899-1986) ZHONG KUI'S FOLKLORE signed GUAN LIANG, dated ji wei, 1979, spring, titled, with a dedication, and with three seals of the aritist ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll 66 BY 62 CM. 26 BY 24 1/8 IN.