Lot 659: PAN YULIANG

PAN YULIANG 1895-1977 FEMALE NUDE signed in Chinese and marked with the artist's seal (upper left) Executed circa 1940s ink and watercolour on paperboard 42.5 by 33.8 cm.; 16 3/4 by 13 1/4 in.

Private British Collection (gift from the artist)
Sotheby's Auction, Hong Kong, 2008
Private British Collection

"Pan Yuliang was the first artist from China's art scene to go and study abroad in France, securing her fame as a modern female artist from abroad. Her works combine Chinese and Western painting styles and are infused with her individual personality. Pan conveys the characteristics of female gentility and grace through her paintings. Her accurate grasp of the human body, original use of paint and ink mediums and her pointillist technique of painting, combined with the spiritual resonance of Chinese landscape painting, allowed her to forge a new path in the fusion of Chinese and Western painting."
Sharon Pai