Lot 39: FENG ZHONGLIAN (1919-2001) Zhong Kui, 1984

FENG ZHONGLIAN (1919-2001)
Zhong Kui, 1984
Ink on paper, dated to 1984, the fan depicting Zhong Kui in a red robe and wearing an official hat, holding a wine cup in his right hand and seated on a rock, looking at a lily drunkenly, signed by the artist, two artist's seals reading Feng and Zhonglian, dated 1984, framed and glazed.
7cm (2 3/4in) x 53cm (21in).
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馮忠蓮（1919-2001年）1981年作 鐘馗醉酒圖 水墨紙本
款識：鐘馗醉酒圖 甲子年五月於團結湖畔 忠蓮
鈐印：馮、忠蓮

Provenance:
An Asian private collection

來源：
亞洲私人收藏

Feng Zhonglian (1918-2001), a graduate of Fu Jen Catholic University, Beijing, studied Chinese painting from the Manchu noble artist Pujin (1893-1966) in the university before she studied painting under Chen Shaomei in 1941 and later got married to Chen. She mastered making replicas of paintings in the Palace Museum as a part of a national project to preserve ancient paintings. She was one of the earliest female members of China Artists Association, the first national association of Chinese artists in republic China.

馮忠蓮（1919-2001年），就讀北京輔仁大學期間師從溥伒，畢業後在天津舉辦個展轟動當時，1941年拜入陳少梅門下，1947年結為伉儷。馮氏為中國美術家協會最早的女性會員之一，1972年調入故宮博物院後致力於古畫臨摹複製以保存古畫，因而得以博覽真跡，得益於古人。