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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MICHAEL GALLIS
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WANG ZHEN (1866-1938) 舊金山遠東藝術畫廊，1981年8月
Bodhisattva
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, with two artist’s inscriptions, 出版
each signed Bailongshanren with two artist’s seals reading Wang Zhen 馬欣樂主編，《邁克·蓋勒斯中國畫收藏：一個西方學者的中華文化之
dali and Yiting. 旅》，天津人民美術出版社，2019年，頁192
44 1/8 x 15 1/2in (112 x 39.3cm)
A Shanghai native, Wang Zhen was a successful businessman with
$12,000 - 18,000 trade enterprises and shipping companies that afforded him the
opportunity to make frequent trips to Japan. He was also an active
member of the vibrant Shanghai school of painting and in close contact
王震 菩薩 設色紙本 立軸 with many in a wide artistic circle. The artist was also a devout lay
Buddhist and a generous philanthropist. While traveling to Japan for
Provenance business, Wang Zhen was able to view many early Chinese paintings in
Far East Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, August 1981 the Chan Buddhist tradition from the Song and Yuan dynasties. Here,
the angular, bold lines on the Bodhisattva’s robes recall expressive
Published brushwork found in the later paintings by the Song Master Liang Kai
Gallis, Michael and Ma Xinle, Michael Gallis Collection of Chinese (active 1172-c. 1204).
Paintings Maike Gailesi Zhongguo hua shoucang: yige Xifang xuezhe de
Zhonghua wenhua zhilu, Tianjin Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 2019, p.192
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