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FROM THE COLLECTION OF OUYANG JINGGE (LOT 1253)A native of Xinhui, Guangdong, Ouyang Jingge (1911-1978), was born in Hong Kong and graduated from the Department of Medicine of Hong Kong University. He became certified as a military doctor and later moved to Shanghai, when the city was plagued by tuberculosis. He was appointed dean of the Shanghai Tuberculosis Hospital in 1942. In 1947, he travelled to New York to further his medical studies at Columbia University. In 1951, he moved to Beijing with his family, where he became dean of Minsheng Hospital.He also started studying acupuncture in his spare time, and was able to effectively treat patients using this technique. Dr. Ouyang treated many important figures in Beijing, including artists such as Wu Zuoren and Qi Baishi – this present piece was a gift from the artist as an expression of gratitude, as well as symbol of peace for the future, a reflection of the artist’s own longing.In the painting, Qi Baishi signed ‘aged ninety-three’ which is regarded to be dated 1953. Since the 1950s, the dove has gradually become an international symbol for peace. In 1952, the Asia and Pacific Rim Peace Conference was held in Beijing, and in celebration of the conference, Qi Baishi painted Hundred Flowers and Doves, which, like the present painting, expresses a powerful longing for peace.
QI BAISHI (1863-1957)
Two Doves
Details
QI BAISHI (1863-1957)
Two Doves
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
33.5 x 65 cm. (13 ¼ x 25 5/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dedicated to Physician Jingge
LITERATURE :
Shi Bei, The Life of My Father Ouyang Jingge, 57 Association HK, Hong Kong, 2013, p.42.
PROVENANCE :
Directly gifted from the artist and thence passed down by descent.
Two Doves
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
33.5 x 65 cm. (13 ¼ x 25 5/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dedicated to Physician Jingge
LITERATURE :
Shi Bei, The Life of My Father Ouyang Jingge, 57 Association HK, Hong Kong, 2013, p.42.
PROVENANCE :
Directly gifted from the artist and thence passed down by descent.
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