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LOTS 1601-1607
FROM A SINGAPOREAN COLLECTOR
Born in 1913 in Shanghai, Wang Lieh Hsien, a businessman, immersed himself among the literary and artistic circles of Shanghai until his emigration to Singapore in the early-1950s.
He was passionate about works by masters from the Shanghai Art School, and a decade later, his passion would draw him to return to China again.
From the late 1960s till 1990s, he visited Shanghai frequently to collect Chinese fine works of art, bringing them to Singapore and sharing these with friends. In the 1980's, he was one of the very few to organize exhibitions in the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry Exhibition Hall, displaying fine Chinese Paintings, Calligraphy and Works of Art.
During the 1960s till the early 1980s, the overseas Chinese in Singapore had very little exposure to the finer aspects of Chinese Art and Culture. Wang was one of the very few pioneers who introduced the finer works of Chinese Art to Singapore; it was his passion for fine arts that motivated him to take risks in visit China during the tumultuous Cultural Revolution period and its aftermath. Through his own personal ways, he advanced the interests in Chinese Culture among the local population in Singapore during those early days when Singapore had just gained its independence.
QIAN SONGYAN (1899 - 1985)
Sailboats in the Distance
Details
QIAN SONGYAN (1899 - 1985)
Sailboats in the Distance
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
56.4 x 30.5 cm. (22 1/4 x 12 in.)
20th Century
Sailboats in the Distance
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
56.4 x 30.5 cm. (22 1/4 x 12 in.)
20th Century
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