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Teng-Hiok Chiu (Chou Ting-Hsu, 1903-1972), Untitled gates, oil…
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Sydney
Date:
18-Nov-2012
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Teng-Hiok Chiu (Chou Ting-Hsu, 1903-1972), Untitled gates, oil on canvas, double-sided painting, signed 'Teng H. Chiu' in Pinyin (lower right of the landscape), painted circa 1930s, verso, Untitled portrait of a child, oil on canvas, 55.8 cm x 49 cm (recto), 40.9 cm x 46 cm (verso). Provenance: Private Collection NSW, Born in the Gulangyu Island outside of Xiamen province, Chiu was admitted to the school of Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 1921, and was the first foreigner to be granted the membership of Royal Society of British Artists. He was an active participant in the art circles of Europe and the United States from 1920s-1950s. Due to his unfortunate experience in the later years of his life, he was largely forgotten by the art world for decades. Only until very recently, he was reintroduced to United States and China through a few major retrospective shows as well as sales in international auction houses. Chiu's paintings are characterised by a particular flatness in his way of forming the objects, realised by sensitive yet playful contracts in shading. The artist sought a harmony of beautiful spaces, usually dividing the shapes with horizontal demarcations. This double-sided oil painting is rare in his creation, a similar work was sold in Christie's Hong Kong in 2009, Sale 2725 lot 1326. Teng H. Chiu, 1921 (Royal Society of British artists)
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