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Preening Mother with Child, by Hu Yongkai

Preening Mother with Child, by Hu Yongkai, gouache on paper, image > 13.5″ X 13.5″ with silk matting > 17″ X 17″ Hu Yongkai (b. 1945, Beijing) learned about Western art as astudent at the Central Academy of Fine Arts of Beijing. The program emphasizedWestern oil painting, and he was drawn to the work of Paul Gauguin and VincentVan Gogh in particular. During the Cultural Revolution, Hu and his staff at theShanghai Animation Film Studios were sent to the countryside south of Shanghai.Like Nie Ou and Zeng Shanqing, agrarian life had a profound impact on his art.When not performing hard labor, Hu sketched the village people and buildingsaround him and incorporated these images into his later work. He was inspiredby the art of peasants who had no formal training—a departure from the art hestudied at the academy. Women at leisure are a prominent subject in his art. The architectural and garden settings evoke traditionalpaintings and historic places. He blends Chinese and Western art, formaltraining and naïve self-expression with the past and present to create an idyllicworld. The cut paper decoration on the window means ‘happiness doubled’. The gouache is in good condition for its age, the 1980s-’90s, with slight age appropriate wear on the white matting. Free shipping in the lower 48 states, if purchasing from abroad please inquire for int’l shipping rates, thank-you.

Lovecraft Cthulhu hand painted original comic art fantasy illustration painting

*Original painted artwork. Not a print, embellished print or copy* WORK: Cthulhu portrait. Unframed. Photographs great and works well in any frame. MEDIUM: High Quality watercolor, waterproof acrylic paints and India Ink on archival cold pressed watercolor paper. SUBJECT: Lovecraft, Cthulhu, Fantasy art. SIZE: 9 x 12 inches This art piece is signed on the front and signed, dated on back. 100% one of a kind original painting, not a print. Thanks for looking! Cthulhu, Cthulu, comic, ink, art, fantasy, artwork, original, watercolor, Lovecraft

19th Century Watercolour – None

Initialled ‘F.M.’ to the lower right. Sulis Fine Art traces its origins back four generations. Benjamin Diamond opened a picture framing factory in Midtown Manhattan in the early 20th century. Royal Art passed through the family and eventually evolved into Sulis, now run by Benjamin’s grandson Bill, and his son Dan.

Bernadette Kelly (b.1933) – 20th Century Oil, None

Bernadette Kelly was born in Le Bousquet d’Orb, Herault in the South of France in 1933. She studied at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Paris from 1953 to 1956 in Marcel Gromaire’s studio. She taught drawing in Yves Hersent’s preparatory class for seven years, then devoted herself entirely to painting and engraving from 1965.