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FAN CHUAN: SAIL BOAT. HEBEI QIN YU ZHONG WEN: PAINTED BY QINYU ZHONGWEN.
by QIN, Zhongwen [artist] [aka. QIN Yu]
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[Shanghai ca. 1956, Shanghai Shu Hua She Qu Ban]. A large color woodblock print, title slip on back side in Chinese, UNUSED, NEW pristine example, sheet size: 26.7 x 36.5 cm., print size: 17.8 x 27.3 cm. FIRST & ONLY RARE EDITION ! . *** **** *** . . . A SUPERB MID-1956 COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINT . . . WITH TITLE: "FAN CHUAN: SAIL BOAT" . . . THREE SAILORS PLY THEIR SAIL BOAT ON THE RIVER . . . LARGE SHORE LANDSCAPE IN THE BACKGROUND . * Shows three sailors plying the river with their small sail boat, with a large crag in the background. With long inscription at the left: "HEBEI QIN YU ZHON WEN XIE YI: HEBEI [BY] QIN YU ZHONG WEN XIE YI." QIN Yu was his alternate studio name. . * Color woodblock print by QIN, with his signature in block and his artist's red cinnabar Yin Zhang [seal/chop]. . * THE ARTIST: QIN Zhongwen [1896-1974]: Qin was a native of Xingtangxian, Hebei province. In 1915 he entered the Law Depart. Beijing University and joined Painting Methods Research Society, organized by Cai Yuanpei and directed by Cen Hengke. In 1920 he was researcher in Chinese Painting Research Society. Before 1937 a lecturer in NAA Beijing. In 1937-45 studied calligraphy and painting at home. In 1945 he was a professor of Chinese painting history at Beijing University. After 1957 he was a member of Beijing Chinese Painting Academy, he was chiefly a landscape painter. . *** THE PUBLISHER/DISTRIBUTOR: . SHANGHAI SHU HUA SHE QU BAN: Issued in Shanghai, print number 81-C0036. 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. . *** CONDITION: The work is NEW, old stock, UNUSED, as issued, in pristine condition, no marks or flaws. In pristine, "collector's condition." Ready for framing and display. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** REFERENCE: . ART DEPARTMENT, CHINA PUBLICATIONS CENTRE. [GUOJI SHUDIAN] CHINESE WOOD-BLOCK PRINTS. * SULLIVAN, Michael.: MODERN CHINESE ARTISTS: A Biographical Dictionary, see p.129 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feng_Zikai .
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- Title
- FAN CHUAN: SAIL BOAT. HEBEI QIN YU ZHONG WEN: PAINTED BY QINYU ZHONGWEN.
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- QIN, Zhongwen [artist] [aka. QIN Yu]
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Keywords
- Chinese Art: References On All Aspects & Disciplines; Chinese Woodblock Printed: Books, Maps, Prints & All Related Items; Chinese Drawings; Chinese Imprints: Items Printed In China; Chinese Landscape: Paintings & All Related;
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