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PROPERTY OF A NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTION (LOTS 108-110)
QU GULIANG (BORN 1936)
Landscape of Clouds
Details
QU GULIANG (BORN 1936)
Landscape of Clouds
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and color on paper
35 x 70 ½ in. (89 x 179 cm.)
Entitled, inscribed, and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated early spring, yihai year (1995)
Landscape of Clouds
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and color on paper
35 x 70 ½ in. (89 x 179 cm.)
Entitled, inscribed, and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated early spring, yihai year (1995)
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist.
Further details
Qu Guliang, a native of Shanghai, initially studied Western art. In his early years, his works were exhibited in Beijing and Moscow. In the early 1970s he taught at the Shanghai Institute of Fine Arts until he moved to America in 1982, where he worked and exhibited. In 1987 he founded the Research Institute of Chinese Art in America and was
elected its president.
Qu climbed Mount Huang for the frst time in 1957 and for the second time in 1974. His memory of Huangshan never faded, even after he migrated to America. Almost every year after 1990, Qu flew from New York to Huangshan, where he sketched and painted the multi-faced mountain range. In 2003, Qu returned to Shanghai and has continued to climb Mount Huang.
elected its president.
Qu climbed Mount Huang for the frst time in 1957 and for the second time in 1974. His memory of Huangshan never faded, even after he migrated to America. Almost every year after 1990, Qu flew from New York to Huangshan, where he sketched and painted the multi-faced mountain range. In 2003, Qu returned to Shanghai and has continued to climb Mount Huang.