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272 - Tao Yong (Tao Lengyue, 1895-1985)
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Tao Yong (Tao Lengyue, 1895-1985) China, inscription dated 1924 123,8 x 49,2 cm (255,5 x 62,5 cm)/ Box 85 x 13 x 13,5 cm Mountain landscape with pine trees and a full moon. Ink and light colours on paper, mounted as a hanging scroll. On the left signed, titled and dated in cursive script: Hansong Shuangyue, Jiazi zhongqiu, Lengyue Tao Yong (Frosty Moon and Winter Pines, in the middle of autumn of the Jiazi year [1924], [painted by] Lengyue Tao Yong). An artist’s seal: Lengyu. A seal at the bottom right: Wo shi zao wu. From an old German private collection, collected from the 1970s to 2000 - In good condition, with a matching wooden box Tao Lengyue (born Tao Yong in Suzhou) is considered one of the most significant pioneers of modern Chinese painting in the 20th century. In the autumn of 1924, as the founder of the revolutionary "Lengyue School" (Cool Moon School) in Wuxi, he unveiled his first "New Chinese Paintings"-works that sent shockwaves through the art world with their bold synthesis of traditional ink-wash techniques (bimo) and Western light-and-shadow modulation (chiaroscuro)
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