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.