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FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF THE DR K S LO COLLECTION
Dr. K S Lo was born in 1910 in Mei County, San Xiang Village. At the age of 10 he went to Malaysia with his mother, where they reunited with his father, Luo Jinxing, who at the time was working at the Ren Sheng Tang Medicinal Shop. In 1934 he graduated from the University of Hong Kong and joined the company where his father worked and was soon appointed Hong Kong manager of the firm's real estate branch.
On one occasion in 1936 Dr. Lo was in Shanghai for business, he attended a talk entitled "Soya Bean: The Cow of China," which introduced the great benefits of soya bean and their high protein content - this lecture changed his life, when he witnessed the malnutrition of the people in Hong Kong after the World War. With the thought of building an empire to "save his people", Dr. Lo sought to create a family drink that was not only affordable but also contained the necessary nutrients for health. Dr. Lo then produced the now famous "Vitasoy", establishing his company in 1940. Vitasoy quickly spread to become a household name and expanded beyond Hong Kong to become one of the most recognizable brands in Asia.
Dr. Lo's passion for business and love for his people also extending to his passion for studying and collecting Chinese art. With a particular focus on Chinese arts and culture, he turned his interest to Yixing teapots and actively collected them from the 1950's onwards. He formed a great collection which he donated to the Hong Kong people in 1981 when he established the K. S. Lo Teaware Museum, now situated in Hong Kong Park. In addition to his interest in Chinese ceramics and works of art, he also concentrated on collecting Chinese paintings and supported younger artists and the different exhibitions that were held across town.
Having successfully sold Dr. K S Lo's collection of Zhang Daqian and Wu Guanzhong paintings in May 2011, Christie's is proud to present a selection of Dr. Lo's paintings that reflect his collecting interests and passion for Chinese arts and culture.
LI KERAN (1907-1989)
Luscious Mountains
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LI KERAN (1907-1989)
Luscious Mountains
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with five seals of the artist
Dated bingchen year (1986)
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
92 x 57 cm. (36 1/4 x 22 1/2 in.)
20th Century
Luscious Mountains
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with five seals of the artist
Dated bingchen year (1986)
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
92 x 57 cm. (36 1/4 x 22 1/2 in.)
20th Century
出版
Han Mo-Li Keran Special Issue (Phase IV), Han Mo Xuan Publishing Co. Ltd., Hong Kong, May 1990, p.93.
Dawn in The Eastern Sky- Li Keran, Sin Hua Gallery, Singapore, April 1997, pp. 42-43.
Dawn in The Eastern Sky- Li Keran, Sin Hua Gallery, Singapore, April 1997, pp. 42-43.
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In Li Keran later years, he achieved a certain artistic freedom which gives his paintings a sense of freedom and naturalism. The artist's declining health also made him rely more and more on his own natural talents and imagination than on his outdoor sketching activities. Therefore, during this time, his works shed light on his mind and spirit, where his style of painting and calligraphy entered a free and unrestricted stage.
The compositional characteristic in Luscious Mountains is wholeness. The background trees are unified with a relatively dark tone, and the middle foreground has a medium tone, while the waterfall and houses, the more detailed elements of the painting are highlighted. There are three basic ink tones to Li's technique: dark, medium and lighting to create an overall contrast of lighting. This layering of ink creates a coherence and unity of nature and shows distance, light and density. The lines in Luscious Mountains are the rhythmic elements of his composition; Li Keran used parallel lines to enhance the sense of direction to lead the viewer to visually follow the rhythm of the painting. Waterfalls are a favored subject matter in the landscape paintings of Li. These waterfalls are often in straight vertical lines and utilizes his, "left blank technique", liu bai, to create the flowing water in a zig-zag format. As a master of "dense forest and misty trees", Luscious Mountains, with its sublime atmosphere, is a beautiful example of Li Keran's late style.
The compositional characteristic in Luscious Mountains is wholeness. The background trees are unified with a relatively dark tone, and the middle foreground has a medium tone, while the waterfall and houses, the more detailed elements of the painting are highlighted. There are three basic ink tones to Li's technique: dark, medium and lighting to create an overall contrast of lighting. This layering of ink creates a coherence and unity of nature and shows distance, light and density. The lines in Luscious Mountains are the rhythmic elements of his composition; Li Keran used parallel lines to enhance the sense of direction to lead the viewer to visually follow the rhythm of the painting. Waterfalls are a favored subject matter in the landscape paintings of Li. These waterfalls are often in straight vertical lines and utilizes his, "left blank technique", liu bai, to create the flowing water in a zig-zag format. As a master of "dense forest and misty trees", Luscious Mountains, with its sublime atmosphere, is a beautiful example of Li Keran's late style.
荣誉呈献
Ben Kong
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