Lot 17: Fong Chung-ray (Chinese, born 1934), (Feng Zhongrui) Painting 1983-4

Est: $100,000 HKD - $150,000 HKDPassed

Bonhams Admiralty, Hong KongJuly 10, 2020

Item Overview

Description

Fong Chung-ray (Chinese, born 1934), (Feng Zhongrui)
Painting 1983-4
1983

signed and dated in Chinese; signed and titled on the reverse
acrylic on canvas

91 x 121.5 cm (36 13/16 x 47 13/16 in)
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Artist or Maker

Chung-Ray Fong

Provenance

Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
德國心達多女士珍藏馮鐘睿
畫作1983-4壓克力畫布1983年作
簽名：馮鐘睿八三年作背面簽名：Painting 1983-4 Chung-ray Fong
來源
現藏家直接得自藝術家
Born in Germany, Petra Hinterthür is a collector of Chinese and Japanese art, and the former owner of the Gallery Arteast/Artwest in Hong Kong, Frankfurt, and Hamburg. During her residence in Hong Kong from 1976 to 86, Hinterthür played an active role in showcasing and bringing together progressive artists in the region, including the Fifth Moon Group in Taiwan and artists from the New Ink Movement in Hong Kong. Her book Modern Art in Hong Kong, published in 1985, is considered as one of the early attempts to trace the development of visual art of the city. She also hosted salons at her Hong Kong residence where local artists, musicians and dignitaries regularly gathered, performed and exchanged.
Highlight in the sale are 80-10 by Chuang Che and Painting 1983-4 by Fong Chung Ray from the Fifth Moon Group, which are created after both of them relocated from Taiwan to the United States. The grandeur of nature and the prevailing Abstract Expressionist movement in the United States inspired new directions of how they conjoined landscape with Chinese calligraphic themes.
As the son of a famed calligrapher and vice-director of National Palace Museum, Chuang Che was interested in developing a new visual style from traditional calligraphic techniques. His relocation to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1972 signified the mature phrase of his artistic practice. Instead of experimenting with collaging with mixed media and adding Chinese scripts into canvas, he moved towards the realm of pure abstraction, as demonstrated by 80-10. This work shows how Chuang mastered the materiality of oil paint to create ink-like fluidity. In 1989, Petra Hinterthür introduced Chuang Che to European audience by organizing the artist's solo exhibition at the Gallery Arteast/Artwest, where 80-10 was exhibited. Painting 1983-4 has since been kept at Hinterthür's house in Hamburg.
Since the 1960s, Fong Chung Ray had explored his temporal and physical existence through the language of abstraction. After moving to San Francisco in 1975, he started to experiment with acrylic, a water-soluble media, while turning to subdued palettes and more intuitive gesture. Painting 1983-4 is a rare work that presents a delicate balance of aquamarine and coral splashes, reminding viewers of the tranquil beauty of nature that embodies the Oriental essence. This painting was exhibited alongside with many other works by the Fifth Moon Group artists in Hinterthür's salon.
心達多女士生於德國，是一位收藏中國和日本藝術的資深藏家。先前在香港、德國法蘭克福、漢堡經營東西畫廊。在她旅居香港1976年至1986年間，心女士積極推廣地域性藝術發展，推出台灣五月畫會和香港新水墨運動等展覽。她1985年出版的《香港&#... For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

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Auction Details

Modern and Contemporary Art

Bonhams

July 10, 2020, 04:00 PM HKT

One Pacific Place, Suite 2001 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong, 999077, HK

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