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Ya Ming Signed Original Mid 20th Century Watercolour & Ink Chinese Portrait Painting
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Ya Ming Signed Original Mid 20th Century Watercolour & Ink Chinese Portrait Painting

1940 - 1960
Description

Type of artwork: Rare to the market, an Original Watercolour & Ink Painting

Surface: Paper

Artist and signature: YA MING (Chinese 1924-2002) Signed

Taken from a sketchbook of the artist works which included one painting that was signed by the artist. As such we certify that this work is an original painting by YA MING (Chinese 1924-2002)

Together with Fu Baoshi, Qian Songyan and others, Ya Ming is a key figure of the Nanjing school (?????). After liberation, the Chinese government continued urging artists to use their skills to serve the people. Shortly after Jiangsu Provincial Painting Institute was founded, Ya Ming and other artists from the Painting Institute departed on a trip to sketch people's daily life and landscape in 1960, covering a distance of over twenty thousand li. The journey largely transformed these artists work. They shifted their subject from traditional landscape to people's new social life under the leadership of the Communist Party. The artists also began to integrate western art techniques into their painting. Essentially Ya Ming and his colleagues faced the challenging task of adapting traditional Chinese painting into the modern country China was becoming

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Approximate age of artwork: Circa Mid 20th Century

Depiction or Location: portrait study

Is the artwork Framed or Mounted: Mounted and Cellophane Wrapped

Condition report: The artwork is considered to be in good condition; some minor dirt & creasing is evident. Please see our large selection of photographs to inspect the condition and quality of this item, and please don't hesitate to make contact, we are more than happy to answer any questions which you may have.

Size of artwork: 36 x 32 cm (mount aperture 30 x 25 cm)

Physical Dimensions
Height
32cm (12.60")
Width
36cm (14.17")
Depth
0.2cm (0.08")
Declaration

Strickland & Russell has dated this Chinese Ink Portrait Painting to the 1960s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1100256
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Description
Type of artwork: Rare to the market, an Original Watercolour & Ink Painting

Surface: Paper

Artist and signature: YA MING (Chinese 1924-2002) Signed

Taken from a sketchbook of the artist works which included one painting that was signed by the artist.
Strickland & Russell

As such we certify that this work is an original painting by YA MING (Chinese 1924-2002)

fig 1. A mid-20th-century Chinese ink and watercolour painting on muted beige paper featuring a seated figure holding a fan beside a small stove, accompanied by calligraphic inscription and red artist seals.
fig 1. Ya Ming Signed Original Mid 20th Century Watercolour & Ink Chinese Portrait Painting

Together with Fu Baoshi, Qian Songyan and others, Ya Ming is a key figure of the Nanjing school (?????). After liberation, the Chinese government continued urging artists to use their skills to serve the people. Shortly after Jiangsu Provincial Painting Institute was founded, Ya Ming and other artists from the Painting Institute departed on a trip to sketch people's daily life and landscape in 1960, covering a distance of over twenty thousand li. The journey largely transformed these artists work. They shifted their subject from traditional landscape to people's new social life under the leadership of the Communist Party. The artists also began to integrate western art techniques into their painting. Essentially Ya Ming and his colleagues faced the challenging task of adapting traditional Chinese painting into the modern country China was becoming

fig 2. A mid-20th-century Chinese ink and watercolour painting on muted beige paper featuring a seated figure holding a fan beside a small stove, accompanied by calligraphic inscription and red artist seals.
fig 2. Ya Ming Signed Original Mid 20th Century Watercolour & Ink Chinese Portrait Painting

BOTH SHOWN BELOW

Approximate age of artwork: Circa Mid 20th Century

Depiction or Location: portrait study

Is the artwork Framed or Mounted: Mounted and Cellophane Wrapped

Condition report: The artwork is considered to be in good condition; some minor dirt & creasing is evident. Please see our large selection of photographs to inspect the condition and quality of this item, and please don't hesitate to make contact, we are more than happy to answer any questions which you may have.

Size of artwork: 36 x 32 cm (mount aperture 30 x 25 cm)

Height
32cm (12.60")
Width
36cm (14.17")
Depth
0.2cm (0.08")
Date of Manufacture

Strickland & Russell has dated this Chinese Ink Portrait Painting to the 1960s.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1100256
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Archive I A mid-20th-century Chinese ink and watercolour painting on muted beige paper featuring a seated figure holding a fan beside a small stove, accompanied by calligraphic inscription and red artist seals.

Ya Ming Signed Original Mid 20th Century Watercolour & Ink Chinese Portrait Painting

Archive II A mid-20th-century Chinese ink and watercolour painting on muted beige paper featuring a seated figure holding a fan beside a small stove, accompanied by calligraphic inscription and red artist seals. View II
Archive III A mid-20th-century Chinese ink and watercolour painting on muted beige paper featuring a seated figure holding a fan beside a small stove, accompanied by calligraphic inscription and red artist seals. View III
Archive IV A mid-20th-century Chinese ink and watercolour painting on muted beige paper featuring a seated figure holding a fan beside a small stove, accompanied by calligraphic inscription and red artist seals. View IV
Archive V A mid-20th-century Chinese ink and watercolour painting on muted beige paper featuring a seated figure holding a fan beside a small stove, accompanied by calligraphic inscription and red artist seals. View V
Archive VI A mid-20th-century Chinese ink and watercolour painting on muted beige paper featuring a seated figure holding a fan beside a small stove, accompanied by calligraphic inscription and red artist seals. View VI
Archive VII A mid-20th-century Chinese ink and watercolour painting on muted beige paper featuring a seated figure holding a fan beside a small stove, accompanied by calligraphic inscription and red artist seals. View VII
Archive VIII A mid-20th-century Chinese ink and watercolour painting on muted beige paper featuring a seated figure holding a fan beside a small stove, accompanied by calligraphic inscription and red artist seals. View VIII
Archive IX A mid-20th-century Chinese ink and watercolour painting on muted beige paper featuring a seated figure holding a fan beside a small stove, accompanied by calligraphic inscription and red artist seals. View IX
Archive X A mid-20th-century Chinese ink and watercolour painting on muted beige paper featuring a seated figure holding a fan beside a small stove, accompanied by calligraphic inscription and red artist seals. View X
Archive XI A mid-20th-century Chinese ink and watercolour painting on muted beige paper featuring a seated figure holding a fan beside a small stove, accompanied by calligraphic inscription and red artist seals. View XI
Archive XII A mid-20th-century Chinese ink and watercolour painting on muted beige paper featuring a seated figure holding a fan beside a small stove, accompanied by calligraphic inscription and red artist seals. View XII
Archive XIII A mid-20th-century Chinese ink and watercolour painting on muted beige paper featuring a seated figure holding a fan beside a small stove, accompanied by calligraphic inscription and red artist seals. View XIII
Archive XIV A mid-20th-century Chinese ink and watercolour painting on muted beige paper featuring a seated figure holding a fan beside a small stove, accompanied by calligraphic inscription and red artist seals. View XIV
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A mid-20th-century Chinese ink and watercolour painting on muted beige paper featuring a seated figure holding a fan beside a small stove, accompanied by calligraphic inscription and red artist seals.
YA MING Signed Original mid 20th Century Watercolour & Ink Chinese Portrait Painting
Ref: SA1100256
A mid-20th-century Chinese ink and watercolour painting on muted beige paper featuring a seated figure holding a fan beside a small stove, accompanied by calligraphic inscription and red artist seals.
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Chinese ink wash painting, or guohua, is a traditional fine art technique using black ink and water-based pigments on paper or silk. It developed over centuries, placing emphasis on expressive brushwork and capturing the spirit of the subject rather than exact realistic depiction.

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