Lot 8137: Tang Hong (born 1926) Chinese Art from the Scholar's Studio

Landscape and Bird Two album leaves, matted, ink or ink and color on silk, the first of a circular shape depicting a landscape with two figures in a boat, dated jihai (1959) and signed Hong with two artist's seals reading Tang and Hong; the second of a quatrilobate shape depicting a bird on a rock with bamboo and red leaves, signed Hong with one artist's seal reading Tang. 8 1/2in (21.6cm) diameter 9 1/8 x 8 5/8in (23.2 x 21.9cm)

23.2 x 21.9cm

: Acquired directly from the artist

唐鴻 山水，花鳥册頁 水墨或設色絹本 册頁二幅 鏡片 1959年作 Tang Hong was born in Beijing in 1926, a Manchurian by ethnicity. Studying painting with Yu Fei'an, he would master his teacher's 'slender gold' calligraphy based on the style of the Song emperor Huizong. Relocating to Taiwan in 1949, Tang Hong would teach in Taichung at Taichung Normal University and later at Donghai University.Moving to Hong Kong in 1961, Tang Hong would continue to paint and teach, inspiring many followers.