DU MU XUN CHUN TU: LOOKING FOR SPRING. [Depicts Two Men In A Boat On The River I

HE, Tian Jian. [artist]

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Shanghai [1951], Shanghai Shu Hua She Qu Ban. A large color woodblock print, Chinese title slip on back, a NEW, UNUSED, a pristine example, sheet size: 26.7 x 36.5 cm., print size: print size: 17.8 x 27.3 cm. FIRST & ONLY RARE EDITION ! . *** **** *** . . . A SUPERB 1951 COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINT . . . TWO MEN ON A SMALL BOAT WITH WILLOWS ON THE RIVER . . ** Color woodblock print by HE, his signature in block with his Yin Zhang chop/seal in red cinnabar. . *** THE PUBLISHER/DISTRIBUTOR: . SHANGHAI SHU HUA SHE QU BAN: Issued in Shanghai, print number 81-C61. While this exact print is not listed in Guoji Shudian catalog, per the label on the verso, this example was certainly distributed and resold by them. See Guoji Shudian below. . *** Issued by Shanghai, print number 81-C0025. While this exact print is not listed in the catalog, it was certainly distributed & resold by Guoji Shudian. See below reference. . *** TITLE: LEFT MARGIN INSCRIPTION: TITLE & DATE: . The left margin has the inscription: . a. "DU MU XUN CHUN TU: LOOKING FOR SPRING." . b. The artist's name: HE Tiajian . c. "XIE SHI NIAN LIU SHI YOU JIU: PAINTED AT THE AGE OF 60 YEARS OLD." [I.e. executed in 1951] a firm dated work. . *** THE ARTIST: HE Tianjian [1891-1977]: He was a famous Chinese modern Chinese painter and calligrapher, from Wuxi, in Jiangsu province. He . He was formerly known as He Jun and He Bingnan, and used studio names: Qianqian and Renxiang Jushi. . In his early years, he liked painting, used water and ink, used complex colors, especially the green for landscape and developed his own bold style. . His calligraphy work "Dongfeng Blows to Good Country" won the first prize of the World Art Fair. He has published three books: "He Tianjian's Paintings," "He Tianjian's Landscape Book", and "Reading the Process of Landscape Painting." . At the age of 43 he was the editor of "Drawing Monthly" and "Chinese Painting Monthly." He began to sell paintings at the age of 45. Since 1950 he has been a researcher at the China National Academy of Fine Arts. He later served as deputy dean of the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy and a librarian of the Shanghai Cultural History Museum. Member of the China Artists Association, Vice Chairman of the Shanghai Branch of the American Association, member of the Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circles, representative of successive Shanghai Municipal People's Congresses, and member of the Danish Conner Painting Society. . His paintings are based on the "Faculty of the Five Dynasties" using the paintings and spirit of the Song Dynasty and the so-called "Song Man, the Yuan Dynasty." . From 1967-1970 condemned to hard labor and writing confessins. Noted for his landscapes of south China. . *** CONDITION: The work is NEW, old stock, UNUSED, as issued, in pristine condition, no marks or flaws. In pristine, "collector's fine condition." Ready for framing and display. . *** Please see photos posted to our website. . *** REFERENCE: . ART DEPARTMENT, CHINA PUBLICATIONS CENTRE. [GUOJI SHUDIAN] CHINESE WOOD-BLOCK PRINTS. While this exact item is not listed, works of this kind and period were often distributed by Guoji Shudian. * SULLIVAN, Michael.: MODERN CHINESE ARTISTS: A Biographical Dictionary, see P.51 *.

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