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Lin Fengmian, a native of Meixian, Guangdong
Province, is one of 20th century China’s
most important artists. His grandfather was
a stone carver, his father a local painter. Lin
learned both trades during his childhood and
in 1919 travelled to France for six years to
study and work at Dijon Art College and the
Ecole Nationale Superieure de Beaux-Arts
in Paris. In France, Lin studied European
painting, especially works by Matisse Picasso,
and Modigliani. In 1923 he travelled widely
in Germany. In 1979, he settled in Hong
Kong, where he lived out his life. Lin’s work 256
integrated the Impressionists’ technique of
working with outdoor lighting with ink and
wash and successfully blended Western
principles of composition with figure sketches
using Chinese colour and ink. See Three
Thousand Years of Chinese Painting, New
Haven, 1997, pp.323-324.

Compare with a related painting of trackers
by Lin Fengmian, which was sold at Bonhams
London, 17 May 2018, lot 307.
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