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Lot 1641PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF WU BALING (LOTS 1639-1648)
RONG SHUSHI (1903-1996)
Bird on Branch
Fermé27 November 2017
Prix réalisé
HKD 20,000
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RONG SHUSHI (1903-1996)
Bird on Branch
Folding fan, ink and colour on paper
18 x 41 cm. (7 1/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated summer, wuzi year (1948)
Dedicated to Baling
Calligraphy on the reverse inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Baling
SPECIALIST’S NOTE: Wu Baling (1904-1976) was born in Nanhai, Guangdong. The name of his studio is Kanyue Lou, which can be directly translated as “Viewing-the-Moon Pavilion”. As the founder of the Yung Sheh Hiking Club, he joined the Overseas Chinese Daily News in 1936 and was promoted to the Chief Editor of the Hong Kong News section. During his tenure, he invited artists to inscribe the covers of his publications, and befriended many Hong Kong artists, including Zhou Qianqiu (1910-2006), Zhao Shao’ang (1905-1998), Huang Bore (1901-1968) among others. Wu attended many of their literary gatherings and received many works from them.
Rong Shushi, born in Zhongshan, Guangdong, graduated from an industrial school and later studied paintings under Gao Qifeng (1889-1933). He migrated to Hong Kong in the 1950s and continued to paint and taught paintings. He specialised in birds and flowers, figures, landscapes, and was famous for painting lychee, thus known as “King of Lychee”.
Bird on Branch
Folding fan, ink and colour on paper
18 x 41 cm. (7 1/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated summer, wuzi year (1948)
Dedicated to Baling
Calligraphy on the reverse inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Baling
SPECIALIST’S NOTE: Wu Baling (1904-1976) was born in Nanhai, Guangdong. The name of his studio is Kanyue Lou, which can be directly translated as “Viewing-the-Moon Pavilion”. As the founder of the Yung Sheh Hiking Club, he joined the Overseas Chinese Daily News in 1936 and was promoted to the Chief Editor of the Hong Kong News section. During his tenure, he invited artists to inscribe the covers of his publications, and befriended many Hong Kong artists, including Zhou Qianqiu (1910-2006), Zhao Shao’ang (1905-1998), Huang Bore (1901-1968) among others. Wu attended many of their literary gatherings and received many works from them.
Rong Shushi, born in Zhongshan, Guangdong, graduated from an industrial school and later studied paintings under Gao Qifeng (1889-1933). He migrated to Hong Kong in the 1950s and continued to paint and taught paintings. He specialised in birds and flowers, figures, landscapes, and was famous for painting lychee, thus known as “King of Lychee”.
RONG SHUSHI (1903-1996)
Bird on Branch
Folding fan, ink and colour on paper
18 x 41 cm. (7 1/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated summer, wuzi year (1948)
Dedicated to Baling
Calligraphy on the reverse inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Baling
SPECIALIST’S NOTE: Wu Baling (1904-1976) was born in Nanhai, Guangdong. The name of his studio is Kanyue Lou, which can be directly translated as “Viewing-the-Moon Pavilion”. As the founder of the Yung Sheh Hiking Club, he joined the Overseas Chinese Daily News in 1936 and was promoted to the Chief Editor of the Hong Kong News section. During his tenure, he invited artists to inscribe the covers of his publications, and befriended many Hong Kong artists, including Zhou Qianqiu (1910-2006), Zhao Shao’ang (1905-1998), Huang Bore (1901-1968) among others. Wu attended many of their literary gatherings and received many works from them.
Rong Shushi, born in Zhongshan, Guangdong, graduated from an industrial school and later studied paintings under Gao Qifeng (1889-1933). He migrated to Hong Kong in the 1950s and continued to paint and taught paintings. He specialised in birds and flowers, figures, landscapes, and was famous for painting lychee, thus known as “King of Lychee”.
Bird on Branch
Folding fan, ink and colour on paper
18 x 41 cm. (7 1/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated summer, wuzi year (1948)
Dedicated to Baling
Calligraphy on the reverse inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Baling
SPECIALIST’S NOTE: Wu Baling (1904-1976) was born in Nanhai, Guangdong. The name of his studio is Kanyue Lou, which can be directly translated as “Viewing-the-Moon Pavilion”. As the founder of the Yung Sheh Hiking Club, he joined the Overseas Chinese Daily News in 1936 and was promoted to the Chief Editor of the Hong Kong News section. During his tenure, he invited artists to inscribe the covers of his publications, and befriended many Hong Kong artists, including Zhou Qianqiu (1910-2006), Zhao Shao’ang (1905-1998), Huang Bore (1901-1968) among others. Wu attended many of their literary gatherings and received many works from them.
Rong Shushi, born in Zhongshan, Guangdong, graduated from an industrial school and later studied paintings under Gao Qifeng (1889-1933). He migrated to Hong Kong in the 1950s and continued to paint and taught paintings. He specialised in birds and flowers, figures, landscapes, and was famous for painting lychee, thus known as “King of Lychee”.