Artist: Liu Jiyou (October 3, 1918 - November 5, 1983)
WuSong Fighting Tiger
Ink and color on paper, Yisebiao mount, Horizontal Axis
Painting (Sight): Length: 137 cm, Width: 70 cm
Dated: In Geng Shen Year (1980)
Signed/Seal(s): Signed, with an Artist seal

PROVENANCE:

These Important Paintings collection all originated from one prominent collector, spanning from Lot-95 to Lot-160 (Day 1), continuing from Lot-402 to Lot-456 (Day 2).

LOT NOTES:

Liu Jiyou (October 3, 1918 - November 5, 1983), a native of Tianjin Known as the "Sage of Contemporary Painting" and "Rembrandt and Michelangelo of the East", he is a great master of animal painting and figure painting with outstanding achievements in the history of modern Chinese art . Liu Jiyou is one of the few modern Chinese painters who is capable of meticulous line drawing, heavy color, small freehand brushwork, and large freehand brushwork . His subject matter is also very comprehensive. In addition to figures and animals, he is also good at flowers, birds, and landscapes. In particular, his achievements in meticulous figure paintings and freehand animal paintings are the most outstanding. He inherited his family education and worked hard throughout his life. With a diligent and pragmatic professionalism, a rigorous and meticulous work attitude, and constantly innovative creative ideas , he devoted himself to his beloved painting art . His tens of thousands of works are all based on unique pen and ink, superb skills, and philosophical compositions, integrating painting principles, Buddhist scriptures, figures, animals, landscapes, pavilions, grass and insects, flowers and birds. His artistic style is full of the spirit of the new era. During his lifetime, he claimed to be a people's art worker. His noble moral character and artistic achievements are deeply worthy of study and study, and he should be set as a model.