This attractive ink and color painting on paper by the esteemed Chinese painter Xiong Hai depicts a landscape, a popular motif for the artist. The landscape, in blues, purples, greens and browns illustrates craggy mountains surrounding a meandering river flowing into a lake.
The painting is in very good condition with a few small areas of light foxing to the border. The sheet dimensions are 28 1/8 x 28 ? in. and the image dimensions are 20 ? in. sq. (height x width).
Provenance: Purchased by Ms. Helaine Ohayon and Ms. Amy Schwartz, directly from the artist at his studio in Hong Kong in 1988. Ms. Ohayon and Ms. Schwartz purchased several paintings in Hong Kong and China during this time, in the process creating a contemporary Chinese paintings collection, The Mandarin Studio. The collection was subsequently exhibited at Harvard University in 1989, asNew Expressions: Contemporary Chinese Brush Paintings, 1984-1989, in theAdams House Modern Chinese Painting Exhibition Series. An exhibition introduction was written by Professor Wu Hung, at the time Assistant Professor of the Department of Fine Arts, Adams House, Harvard University. Please see supporting documents.
Xiong Hai (b. 1957)
Xiong Hai learned Chinese traditional painting at an early age from his father Hung Chun San. In 1978, he moved to Hong Kong to study under the respected Chinese painter, Yang Shanshen. Since 1984, Xiong Hai has taught at the School of Professional and Continuing Education at Hong Kong University. In addition, he is the currently the Museum Expert Advisor of Leisure and Cultural Services Department for the Government of Hong Kong SAR. He’s a member of the China Artists Association, a visiting artist at the Shenzhen Art Institute, an art advisor at the Zhuhai Art Institute and an Honorary President of West Fujian Institute of Calligraphy and Painting. Xiong Hai’s work can be viewed within the collections of the National Art Museum of China, the British Museum, the Hong Kong Museum of Art and the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, to name a few.
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