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Born in Guangdong, China, Lin traveled to France in 1918 on a government sponsored work study program. During his seven years in France, Lin studied in Dijon and at L'Écôle National Supérieure in Paris learning Western drawing and painting techniques. Strengthening his academic training, his experience outside the classroom brought him in touch with the modern Western art movements of those days, such as Post-Impressionism, Fauvism and Primitivism. The works of Matisse and Modigliani in particular impressed the young artist, who began developing his own style, blending Western and Chinese traditions and techniques. His works were selected for exhibition in the Salon d'Automne in Paris (1924). Lin returned to China in 1925 where he was appointed Director of the Beijing National Art College (precursor to the Central Academy of Fine Art). At the invitation of Cai Yuanpei, Lin founded and became the first director of the Hangzhou National Art Academy. Later he led the New Art Movement and published extensive writings on Western and Chinese art. Important exhibitions include, Fung Ping Shan Library, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (1940), Modern Chinese Paintings, Musée Cernuschi, Paris (1946), Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai (1962), City Hall, Hong Kong (1964), Musée Cernuschi, Paris (1979), National Museum of History, Taipei (1989). In 2007, an important retrospective exhibition titled A Pioneer of Modern Chinese Painting: the Art of Lin Fengmian was held by Hong Kong Museum of Art.
Hong Kong Autumn Auctions 2013: Highlights by Sanyu, Wu Guanzhong and Lin Fengmian
Gallery Talk: Highlights from the Fine Chinese Modern Paintings Sale, Hong Kong, November 2013
Gallery Talk (Chinese): Highlights from the Fine Chinese Modern Paintings Sale, Hong Kong
Video Seminar: Transition and Transformation in Chinese 20th Century Art
LOT 45 , SALE 15615
LIN FENGMIAN (CHINA, 1900-1991)
Opera Series: Beauty defies Tyranny
PRICE REALIZED
HKD 10,685,000
LOT 44 , SALE 15615
LIN FENGMIAN (CHINA, 1900-1991)
Opera Series: Guan Yu releases Cao Cao at Huarong Trail
PRICE REALIZED
HKD 6,725,000
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