1948 HUANG BINHONG & YU YOUREN GUANYIN FRAMED PAINTING

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Artist(s): Huang Binhong (1865-1955), Yu Youren (April 11, 1879 - November 10, 1964)A Chinese Buddhist painting and calligraphy scroll depicting a form of Guanyin (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva), likely the esoteric Buddhist deity (Cundi Bodhisattva), recognizable by the multiple arms holding ritual implements.The large calligraphy at the top reads: Namo Amitabha Buddha or Homage to Amitabha BuddhaThe artwork combines devotional calligraphy with an ink painting of the bodhisattva seated on clouds or mist. Ink and color on paper, Yisebiao mount, Wooden Framed. Dimensions (Painting View/Sight): 133.98 cm H x 53.34 cm W (frame); Painting sight: 88.27 cm H x 30.48 cm W Dated: In The Minguo Thirthy-Seventh year, Wu Zi year (1948) Signed/Seal(s): Four Seals, signed PROVENANCE: Acquired from a prominent collector, representing an important private collections. The collections presented and offered up to auctions from Lot 25 through Lot 136; and additional related documents and or manuscripts from Lot 137 to Lot 228. Wei Tao-Ming (Wei Daoming), (October 28, 1899 - May 18, 1978) was a prominent Chinese diplomat, statesman, and senior official of the Republic of China. Born in Jiangxi Province, he studied law in the United States and became active in the Nationalist government under Chiang Kai-shek. During the Second World War, Wei served as the Republic of China's Ambassador to the United States from 1942 to 1946, playing an important role in strengthening Sino-American relations during the Allied war effort. He later held several key government positions, including Governor of Taiwan Province (1947-1949), Ambassador to Japan, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China from 1966 to 1971. Wei remained an influential figure in Chinese diplomacy throughout the mid-twentieth century and was closely involved in the Republic of China's international affairs during a period of major political transition in East Asia. ARTIST BIO: Yu YouRen, Yu Yu-jen (April 11, 1879 - November 10, 1964) was an educator, scholar, calligrapher, and politician in the Republic of China. Yu was a scholar of calligraphy and is regarded as one China's modern masters. His works in cursive and semi-cursive manner are intensely animated. He is perhaps best known for his calligraphy and published related works on the topic. Because his later years were spent in Taiwan, his writing style is very popular and his works are considered very desirable by collectors. Yu completed numerous ink works, stone carvings, and title plaques while living in Taipei including works for the National Museum of History, Din Tai Fung, Xingtiang Temple, and the Shilin Official Residence. The Pamir Snow Gnawing Association established a cultural park known as the Pamir Cultural Park in a quiet and secluded mountainous area of Taipei City called Wuzhishan. The park commemorates about 300 KMT soldiers who hid out in the Pamir Mountains after the Chinese Civil War and were able to eventually escape to Taiwan. It had engraved at the site examples of the titles and poetry of Yu Yu-jen into stones and rocky outcroppings, forming a beautiful outdoor garden of his calligraphy. Among the hills of the area is an open space where the association erected a monument. Each of the characters for the title calligraphed by Yu Yu-jen was engraved into individual slabs of marble and then inlaid into a concrete pillar.Huang Binhong (1865-1955) was one of the most influential Chinese painters, calligraphers, and art theorists of the twentieth century. Born in Anhui province, he devoted his life to the study of classical painting, calligraphy, seal carving, and art history, becoming one of the foremost scholars and landscape painters of modern China.

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