Lot Essay
For further examples of Gao Jianfu's work, cf. Shan Jianfeng, ed., Gao Jianfu huaji [Collected Paintings of Gao Jianfu], Guangzhou, 1991. For further information on painting techniques, styles and theories of Gao Jianfu, cf. Jian Youwen, Geming huajia Gao Jianfu: Gailun ji nianbiao [Revolutionary Painter Gao Jianfu; Discussion and Biography], in Zhuanji wexue, 1972; Margaret Mayching Kao, The Artistic Development of Kao Chien-fu: A View from the Art Gallery Collection, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1991