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FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION
154
JIANG ZHAOHE (1904-1986)
Little Girl
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on
paper
18 x 15Ω in. (45.6 x 39.3 cm.)
£8,000-10,000 $11,000-13,000
€9,000-11,000
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Asia by Mr. Kenneth Walker, Royal
Dutch Shell Agent in North China 1947-1949, then
by descent within the family.
EXHIBITED
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, Portraits by Jiang
Jaohe, 21 November - 30 December 1988.
LITERATURE
Portraits by Jiang Jaohe, Ashmolean Museum,
Oxford, November 1988.

Jiang Zhaohe was a seminal, though often
overlooked fgure in the history of 20th century
Chinese painting. His works are unrivalled in their
integration of Western techniques of chiaroscuro
and Chinese artistic idioms of ink painting.
Jiang deploys this descriptive power in sensitive
renderings of fgural subjects, providing intimate
portraits of fgures from the fringes of society.

Mr. Kenneth Walker was a Royal Dutch Shell
agent in North China from 1947 until 1949. He
built a small but signifcant collection of works
by Jiang Zhaohe during this time, many of them
acquired directly from the artist.
蔣兆和 少女 設色紙本 鏡框
來源：英國私人珍藏。1947至1949
年荷蘭皇家殼牌中國北方代理
人，Kenneth Walker先生購自亞洲，
家傳至今。
展覽：牛津，阿須摩林博物館，「將兆
和肖像畫」，1988年11月21日至12月
30日。
出版：《蔣兆和肖像畫圖錄》牛津阿須
摩林博物館 ，1988年11月
註：蔣兆和是現代中國繪畫大家之
一，蔣在作品中獨具匠心地將西方藝
術明暗對照法與中國水墨繪畫皴法
結合運用。蔣筆下的人物細膩且傳
神，充滿力量感。
Kenneth Walker先生於1947至1949年
擔任荷蘭皇家殼牌中國北方代理人。
期間Walker先生收藏了蔣兆和少量但
Portraits by Jiang Jaohe, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, November 1988. 極具藝術加值的作品，大部分直接購
《蔣兆和肖像畫圖錄》牛津阿須摩林博物館，1988年11月出版
自藝術家。
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