Lot 334: Boy in front of a gate

Zhongli 罗中立 LUO, Chongqing 1948 - Boy in front of a gate, China, 20th cent. Oil painting/canvas/paper, sign. in Chinese at the lower right 'Zhongli' (中立). 37,5 x 25,5 cm. - Prov.: Acquired in the 1980s directly from the artist. - Chinese painter and one of the leading artists of contemporary Realism, graduated from Sichuan Art Institute in 1982, 1983-86 abroad studies at the Royal Art Institute Antwerp, since 1985 solo exhibitions, art professor at the Sichuan Art Institute.