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Huang Guanyu 黃冠余, Ripples 漣漪, 2006
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HUANG GUANYU: LOTUS HAZE
PUBLICATION 19 September 2017Lotus is the symbol of purity, delicacy and elegance in Chinese culture. Its beauty has been a common subject in traditional Chinese paintings, from the expressive and freehand style of Ming dynasty master Xu Wei and the daring and idiosyncratic compositions of Bada Shanren from the Qing dynasty, to the two most influential modern Chinese painters Qi Baishi and Zhang Daqian, who respectively rendered red flower with ink leaves and coloured lotus with splashed ink.
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HUANG GUANYU'S GOLDEN LOTUS POND
ARTICLEExamine the painting Golden Lotus Pond 2 and compare Huang's painting with an oil on canvas work entitled Red Dragonfly by one of the great founders of Modern Chinese Painting, Wu Guanzhong.Read THE FULL ARTICLE
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Huang was born in Beijing in 1945. He graduated from the Central Academy of Craft Art in 1969 and was the student of renowned artist Wu Guanzhong, a leading figure in the modernisation of Chinese paintings.
Huang was a member of the Tongdairen Group which advocated creative independence and self-expression during the oppressive era of the Cultural Revolution. In 1984, he was awarded the 'Work of Excellence' in the National Art Exhibition. Huang was active in the American and European art circles in and had a solo exhibition in the University of Chicago. After returning to China, Huang continued to explore the unique artistic language in his oil paintings. Early works such as Jiannan, The Young, Region of Rivers and Lakes, Autumn Fruit are emblematic of the artist’s personal style, reflecting modern Chinese aesthetics in its semi-representative imagery.
Huang receded from the art scene for more than a decade to search for his own path and his recent quasi-abstract works, which mainly feature silhouettes of lotus and trees rendered in all-over compositions, are testimony to his innovative spirit. His works are collected by influential institutions such as National Art Museum of China, Today Art Museum in Beijing and MGM Cotai Chairman's Collection (Macau).
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