WU GUANZHONG (1919-2010)

Bamboo Forest Behind Wall

Fermé30 May 2025

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WU GUANZHONG (1919-2010)
Bamboo Forest Behind Wall
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
67 x 63.5 cm. (26 3/8 x 25 in.)
With two seals of the artist

The Foh Collection, assembled by Singapore-based collectors Mr Foh Kim Hong and his wife, Ms Chan Siew Fong, celebrates five decades of life and partnership. Mr Foh, a Malaysian-born cellist, settled in Singapore after graduating from Taiwan Normal University and became a member of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Ms Chan studied design in London and began collecting Chinese contemporary art in the late 1960s.

Their diverse collection showcases Chinese paintings from the late Qing Dynasty to the late 1990s, featuring traditional and modern works. In the early 1990s, the Fohs founded Yuen Gallery, which hosted exhibitions and advised collectors on Chinese art. Yuen Gallery organized many exhibitions featuring modern and contemporary ink artists such as Wu Guanzhong, Zhao Shao’ang, Hong Yi, Li Keran, Lu Yanshao, Wu Zuoren, Zhu Qizhan, and Wang Jiqian. Since Mr and Mrs Foh’s retirement in the last few years, their son, Foh Kai Lik, has taken an active role in managing and shaping the future of the collection. The Foh family will donate all sale proceeds to benefit the children with autism and special needs and the elderly living with cognitive decline.

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“It is challenging to paint bamboo forest. Wu painted from a long-distance perspective to express its loftiness, with a dark green hue conveying a sense of solemnity. Up close, he rendered the textures of bamboo and leaves. By applying exaggerated brushstrokes to depict bamboo leaves, his bamboo in light green stood out proudly in vigour.” Upon completing the painting, Wu initially said it was not for sale but subsequently gave it to Rongbao Zhai.
-Qu Mo, The Young Companion magazine, Issue 29

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