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Lot 915
LI HUAYI (B. 1948)
Snow-covered Mountains
Closed1 June 2015
Price Realised
HKD 2,440,000
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LI HUAYI (B. 1948)
Snow-covered Mountains
Scroll, mounted and framed
Ink and colour on paper
136 x 68 cm. (53 1/2 x 26 3/4 in.)
Snow-covered Mountains
Scroll, mounted and framed
Ink and colour on paper
136 x 68 cm. (53 1/2 x 26 3/4 in.)
LI HUAYI (B. 1948)
Snow-covered Mountains
Scroll, mounted and framed
Ink and colour on paper
136 x 68 cm. (53 1/2 x 26 3/4 in.)
Snow-covered Mountains
Scroll, mounted and framed
Ink and colour on paper
136 x 68 cm. (53 1/2 x 26 3/4 in.)
LI HUAYI (B. 1948)
Selected exhibitions
2011 Beijing Centre for the Arts, Beijing, China (solo)
2010 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA (group)
2007 Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, China (group)
2006 Shanghai Art Museum, China (group)
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts, USA (group)
2004 Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, California, USA (solo)
1998 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA (group)
Notable collections
Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, California, USA
British Museum, London, UK
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts, USA
Museum of Fine Art, Boston, USA
Li Huayi, born in Shanghai, studied traditional Chinese paintings as a child with Wang Jimei, the son of artist Wang Zhen. He worked as a propaganda artist during the Cultural Revolution and in 1982 he left China for San Francisco to study at the San Francisco Academy of Art University where he received training in Western art. Li's subject matter is primarily landscape with intricate details of trees and rocks set against an expressive splashed-ink background. His imagination is fuelled by his interest in Buddhism and the scenic landscapes he saw during his travels in China. Whilst inspired by Northern Song landscape paintings he continually modernizes his style, employing methods such as splashed ink and abstract expressionism. His works contrast meticulous (gongbi) and expressive (xieyi) brushwork within the same composition, embodying the elegance and subtlety of classical Chinese ink paintings with flashes of light, space and energy rarely seen in the genre.
Selected exhibitions
2011 Beijing Centre for the Arts, Beijing, China (solo)
2010 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA (group)
2007 Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, China (group)
2006 Shanghai Art Museum, China (group)
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts, USA (group)
2004 Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, California, USA (solo)
1998 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA (group)
Notable collections
Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, California, USA
British Museum, London, UK
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts, USA
Museum of Fine Art, Boston, USA
Li Huayi, born in Shanghai, studied traditional Chinese paintings as a child with Wang Jimei, the son of artist Wang Zhen. He worked as a propaganda artist during the Cultural Revolution and in 1982 he left China for San Francisco to study at the San Francisco Academy of Art University where he received training in Western art. Li's subject matter is primarily landscape with intricate details of trees and rocks set against an expressive splashed-ink background. His imagination is fuelled by his interest in Buddhism and the scenic landscapes he saw during his travels in China. Whilst inspired by Northern Song landscape paintings he continually modernizes his style, employing methods such as splashed ink and abstract expressionism. His works contrast meticulous (gongbi) and expressive (xieyi) brushwork within the same composition, embodying the elegance and subtlety of classical Chinese ink paintings with flashes of light, space and energy rarely seen in the genre.