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Song Wenzhi (宋文治; 1919-1999) Chinese traditional painting, ink and color on paper laid to silk, hanging scroll. Signed and dated, in the spring day of Jiazi year (ca. 1984). A sprawling village emerges within the alluvial waterside valley at the foot of immense mountains. Balance is struck between the light and dark markings that make up this work. Washy mountainside recedes into the background allowing for a sense of depth. A concise calligraphic script is placed in the upper right corner. A red seals ensue the swift calligraphy.
PROVENANCE: From the heirloom collections of DR. Wu Guozhen (吳國楨; October 21, 1903-June 6, 1984) was a Chinese political figure and historian, government official who served as mayor of Hankow (1932-1938), mayor of Chung-king (1939-1941), political vice minister of foreign affairs (1943-1945), mayor of Shanghai (1946-1948), and governor of Taiwan (1950-1952) and the former Chairman of Taiwan Provincial Government. He resigned in 1953 and went to the United States. K.C. Wu lived in the United States where he served as professor of Chinese history at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. During his time in the United States, he wrote various works, including a detailed analysis on Chinese culture in the context of mythology and early history in his book The Chinese Heritage.
The second part collections of DR. Wu Guozhen (吳國楨) presented and offered up to auctions: ON DAY-1: From Lot-97 through Lot-124, and continued from Lot-204 through Lot-228. ON DAY-2: from Lot-357 through Lot-386.
LOT NOTES: Song Wenzhi (宋文治; October 1919-1999) is a native of Taicang County, Jiangsu Province. The courtesy name as Song Wei. In the early years , he learned landscape painting from Zhang Shiyuan , and later he was given the title as Lu Yufan and admired Wu Hufan as a teacher. In 1951, he went to Jiangsu Provincial Chinese Painting Institute and was influenced by Fu Baoshi. He became professor at Nanjing University, vice chairman of the Jiangsu Artists Association, and vice president of the Jiangsu Provincial Painting Institute. He published "The Collection of Song Wenzhi's Paintings" and "Selected Works of Song Wenzhi".