Lot 44: Lamqua I (Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 1801-after 1860)

Lamqua I (Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 1801-after 1860)
A Chinese coastal landscape with sampans and tanka boats off a village quay, hills beyond
indistinctly signed 'Lamqua' (lower left) and with the Chinese characters 'Jian Cun' on the reverse, identifying the depicted scene as 'Silk Cocoon Village'
oil on canvas
20¼ x 25¼ in. (51.5 x 64.1 cm.)

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Lamqua, probably to be identified with the artist Guan Zuolin, was the head of a family of Chinese painters whose works were deeply influenced by Western artistic traditions. It seems certain that he was aware of the work of George Chinnery (1774-1852), and according to some sources had worked with Chinnery in Macao (see Patrick Connor, 'Lamqua: Western and Chinese Painter', in Arts of Asia, XXIX, 2, March-April 1999, pp. 46-64).