Lee Man Fong (1913-1988)

拍品描述

Lee Man Fong (1913-1988) Two Doves oil on masonite board, signed and with artist's seal lower right, 60.7x122cm. Provenance: Private collection, Malaysia. Thence in the family by descent. 李曼峰（1913-1988） 雙鴿圖 油彩纖維板 款識：曼峰 鈐印：曼峰 來源：馬來西亞私人收藏。傳承至其家族後人。 Classically trained in Chinese ink painting whilst embracing the style of the Dutch Impressionists, Lee Man Fong is renowned for moving fluidly between Eastern and Western aesthetics. Born in the Chinese province of Guangzhou in 1913, Lee migrated to Singapore and eventually settled in Jakarta in 1930, where he secured a job at the Dutch printing company Kolff. In 1942 Lee was arrested by the Japanese military government for his participation in the revolutionary group Fu Xing She, who opposed Japanese colonialism in Indonesia. His jailer, Takahashi Masao, was an admirer of his work and, interested in his artistic potential, secured his early release within months. As his artistic profile continued to rise, he was awarded a Malino scholarship to study in the Netherlands. He lived there for six years (1946-1952), during which he held four solo exhibitions in Amsterdam and The Hague, and participated in an international salon in Paris. It was here that Lee began to interweave the dark and fluid palette of the Dutch Impressionists with the classical sensibilities of the Chinese ink tradition. Combining fluid and airy brushstrokes with a keen sense of light and shade, Lee Man Fongs depiction of doves sits proudly amongst his own developed vernacular. His exhibitions in Europe were critically acclaimed, with many buyers purchasing his works. 李曼峰（Lee Man Fong）受過中國水墨畫的正統訓練，同時吸收荷蘭印象派風格，其藝術創作以靈活融合東西方美學而著稱。他於1913年出生於中國廣州，後遷居新加坡，並於1930年最終定居雅加達，在當地荷蘭印刷公司 Kolff 任職。 1942年，李曼峰因參與反對日本殖民統治的革命組織「復興社」而被日本軍政府逮捕。在獄中，他的看守高橋正雄（Takahashi Masao）是其作品的愛好者，並看重其藝術潛力，於數月內協助他提前獲釋。 隨著其藝術聲譽不斷提升，他獲得馬利諾獎學金前往荷蘭留學。他在荷蘭居住六年（1946–1952），期間於阿姆斯特丹與海牙舉辦四次個展，並參加巴黎國際沙龍展。在此期間，他開始將荷蘭印象派深沉而流動的色調，與中國水墨傳統的古典美學相融合。他以流暢而輕盈的筆觸結合對光影的敏銳掌握，所描繪的鴿子題材作品，成為其成熟藝術語言的重要代表。他在歐洲的展覽廣受好評，作品亦被多位藏家購藏。

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