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WUCIUS WONG
(WANG WUXIE, B. 1936)
Secluded Spring No. 8

Hanging scroll
Ink and colour on paper
52.3 x 36.8 cm. (20 ¬ x 14 Ω in.)
Executed in 1985

PROVENANCE

Formerly the property of the Dr. K. S. Lo
Collection

HK$50,000-70,000
US$6,500-9,000

王 無 邪（1 9 3 6 年 生）
幽泉之八
設色 紙本 立軸
1985年作

題識

幽泉之八。王無邪，一九八五年秋。

來源

羅桂祥博士舊藏中國書畫

FANG ZHAOLINGis one of the most Anhui province, near Mount Huang. The figures, consisting of not only men
prominent female but also women and children, were uncommon then and are characteristic
artists in the history of modern Chinese ink paintings. This sale features of Fang’s oeuvre. The scenes of village life can also be attributed partly to
four works by the artist, including two early landscape works from the the socialist realist movement that was current at the time in China. Fang’s
1970s, a calligraphy couplet and an impression of Stonehenge both dated later works in the 1990s are characterised by total calligraphic freedom
1997. The 1970s marks a turning point in Fang Zhaoling’s career when her and idea that further broke free from the convention of traditional ink
most distinct landscape painting began to emerge. Most works from this painting. One can see the correlation between her calligraphic couplet (Lot
decade were created when Fang was living in London. As China re-opened 805) and her depiction of Stonehenge (Lot 806) – the latter rendered in
its door to the world, Fang sought inspiration from nature and visited simple, unsophisticated yet powerful brushstrokes. Throughout her career,
the great rivers and mountains in China including Mount Huang and the Fang has painted scenes from all over the world fully showing her faith
Yangzi River. Fang’s encounter with artists during these visits such as Li in humanity and her optimism in her motherland. A major retrospective
Keran also left an imprint. Fishing in Winter (Lot 807) pays tribute to the exhibition of her work opened at the Asia Society in Hong Kong in
monumental mountains and rivers she saw, and it becomes evident that autumn 2017, attesting to the importance of her art in the landscape of
Fang’s bold calligraphic brushstrokes are incorporated in her depiction of contemporary ink painting today.
mountains. Village (Lot 804) portrays the mountain community of Wannan,

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