Dong Qichang

PARIS - La nature morte retrouve enfin les honneurs d’une grande exposition parisienne, 70 ans après la dernière rétrospective à l’Orangerie en 1952.Conçue par Laurence Bertrand Dorléac, cette exposition d’auteure propose une vision nouvelle de ce genre longtemps considéré comme mineur et dont l’intitulé français, né tardivement au XVIIe siècle, n’a jamais satisfait personne. L’expression « nature morte » rend mal compte d’un genre très vivant, qui est, au fond, un agencement de choses en un certain ordre assemblées... [Lire la suite]

Lot 62. Attributed to Dong Qichang (1555-1636),  Calligraphy and landscape, ink on gold-flecked paper (calligraphy), ink and color on silk (painting), album of eight leaves, ink on paper (calligraphy), ink and color on silk (painting), album of eight leaves. Height 9⅝ in., 24.4 cm; Width 8⅞ in., 22.6 cm. Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 USD. Lot sold: 69,300 USD. © Sothebys. Provenance: Collection of Wou Kiuan (1910-1997). Wou Lien-Pai Museum,... [Lire la suite]

HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong Fine Classical Chinese Paintings Spring Sale on 9 July 2020 will present over one hundred paintings and calligraphy from the masters of the Song, Yuan, Ming andQing dynasties. Highlights include Bamboos, a rare work by Xia Chang, the leading ink bamboo master from the Ming dynasty, as well as Stele Inscription in Running Script, a widely published calligraphy work with impeccable provenance by Dong Qichang. The sale also boasts some of the finest and rarest works from various important private... [Lire la suite]

Photo: Bonhams. HONG KONG – Bonhams has secured one of America's premier private collections of Modern Chinese paintings for sale. Comprising over 280 works in total, The Reverend Richard Fabian Collection of Chinese Paintings spans from the Kangxi and Qianlong period to the 1980's, encompassing every major school with examples by such masters as Ren Yi, Xugu, Wu Changshuo, Qi Baishi, Huang Binhong, Xu Beihong, Zhang Daqian, Fu Baoshi, and Li Keran, among others. A select group of 38 works will debut at Bonhams Hong Kong on 9... [Lire la suite]

Dong Qichang (1555-1636), Calligraphie en forme d'éventail, dynastie Ming (1368-1644), 2e moitié 16e siècle ; 1ère moitié 17e siècle, encre de Chine, peinture sur papier, rehauts d'or, 18,6 x 5,62 cm, Ancienne collection J.-P. Dubosc, Paris, musée Guimet - musée national des Arts asiatiques, MA497. Photo © MNAAG, Paris, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Ghislain Vanneste. Calligraphie en écriture cursive, disposée en treize lignes, de quatre et de deux caractères alternativement. Appartient à un ensemble de seize éventails sous... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2273. Dong Qichang (1555 - 1636), Misty Mountains in the style of Mi Fu, ink and colour on silk, handscroll; (painting) 23.5 by 138.7 cm; 9 1/4  by 54 5/8  in.; (calligraphy) 23.5 by 119.5 cm; 9 1/4  by 47 in. Estimate 800,000 — 1,200,000 HKD. Lot sold 8,640,000 HKD (894,452 EUR). © Sotheby's 2018 Frontispiece by the artist, signed Dong Qichang and with three seals of his(painting) signed Xuanzai and with two seals of the artist(calligraphy)... [Lire la suite]

Unidentified Artist Chinese, active late 17th–early 18th century, Ten Thousand Miles along the Yellow River. Two handscrolls; ink, color, and gold on silk Image: 30 11/16 x 505 7/8 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. © 2000–2017 The Metropolitan Museum of Art From the standpoint of splendid scenery, painting cannot equal [real] landscape. But when it comes to the wonders of brush and ink, [real] landscape is no match for painting!—Dong Qichang (1555–1636 NEW YORK, NY.- About a thousand years ago, the legendary... [Lire la suite]

Dong Qichang (1555–1636), Reminiscence of Jian River, ca. 1621, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Hanging scroll: ink and color on paper. Without mounting: 125.3 x 47.1 cm (49 5/16 x 18 9/16 in.), with mounting: 259.1 x 62.4 cm (102 x 24 9/16 in.), rolled: 5.4 x 62.39 x 6.35 cm (2 1/8 x 24 9/16 x 2 1/2 in.), Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund; Mrs. Paul Moore Fund; and Anonymous Oriental Purchase Fund, 1982.19.2. Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery Dong Qichang constructed this landscape around a powerful sense of movement... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3578. A rare blue and white rouleau vase, Kangxi period, 17th century. Estimate $12,000 – $18,000. Price Realized $43,750. Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015 The vase is painted in muted tones of cobalt blue in the style of Mi Fu, the Northern Song Master, with a continuous mountainous landscape beneath bamboo sprays on the neck. The base bears a chrysanthemum spray within a double circle. 17 ¼ in. (43.8 cm.) high Provenance: S. Marchant & Son, Ltd., London, 1985.Collection of Julia and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3015. Dong Qichang  (1555-1636), Landscape and Calligraphy. Handscroll, ink on silk, 36.5 x 1034 cm. (14 3/8 x 407 in.). Painting inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist.. Calligraphy signed, with two seals of the artist. Three collectors’ seals. Frontispiece by Wang Zhideng(1535-1612), with two seals. Estimate HK$2,500,000 – HK$3,500,000 ($323,457 - $452,839). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. “Artistry is largely inherent, yet can be acquired... [Lire la suite]