Hu Yongkai, Four Paintings, Framed and Matted. A curator from Christies  said that these looked like works by Yongkai, but would have less value if not signed. I took one to a framer who opened the back of one painting, and it was not signed. Measuring 9" X 9", including Black Painted Frame. Matting is approximately 1" Wide. Never Exhibited. If you like the works of Hu Yongkai, either similar or actual, then you will appreciate these. Non-Glare. Delicately painted. Photos also show the Back of Each Painting. Selling as a set of four. $600.00 ($150.00 each)

Hu Yongkai (b. 1945, Beijing) learned about Western art as a student at the Central Academy of Fine Arts of Beijing. The program emphasized Western oil painting, and he was drawn to the work of Paul Gauguin and Vincent Van Gogh in particular. During the Cultural Revolution, Hu and his staff at the Shanghai Animation Film Studios were sent to the countryside south of Shanghai.Like Nie Ou and Zeng Shanqing, agrarian life had a profound impact on his art.When not performing hard labor, Hu sketched the village people and buildings around him and incorporated these images into his later work. He was inspired by the art of peasants who had no formal training - a departure from the art he studied at the academy. Women at leisure are a prominent subject in his art. The architectural and garden settings evoke traditional paintings and historic places. He blends Chinese and Western art, formal training and naïve self-expression with the past and present to create an idyllic world.