CHIU Ya-tsai
Taiwanese 1949 - 2013
Chiu was born in 1949 in Yi-lan on the east coast of Taiwan. A loner and an underachiever in school, he began his mandatory military service and at the same time began to read. Beginning with Chinese history and progressing to the classics of Western literature in translation for example the masterpieces of Shakespeare and Dostevsky, he was inspired by tales of heroes and began to write and paint. Chiu's portraits of Taiwan's modern-day literati are greatly influenced by the figure painting of the Tang dynasty (618-906 AD) seen in the hooked noses and almond-shaped eyes. Elegant androgynous-looking men and women with elongated, oval faces are shown seated or standing in partial profile. The subjects appear to be lonely, even melancholic, but controlled and self-possessed. In the 1980s, Chiu persevered with his literary and artistic works in a well-known cultural salon "Wisteria" in Taipei. His paintings have been widely exhibited in Spring Gallery (Taipei), the National Museum of History and the Taiwan Museum of Art.
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Young Man
Oil on canvas
80 x 65 cm
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Estimate
550,000 - 750,000 141,000 - 193,000 18,100 - 24,700 125,000 - 170,000
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Sold Price
552,000 140,102 17,905 124,324
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Perfection
1991
Oil on canvas
80 x 65 cm
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Estimate
1,100,000 - 2,200,000 296,000 - 593,000 37,900 - 75,800 239,000 - 477,000
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Sold Price
1,320,000 347,368 44,236
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Lady in Floral Dress
1994
Oil on canvas
130 x 97 cm
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Estimate
2,000,000 - 3,000,000 539,000 - 809,000 68,900 - 103,300 434,000 - 651,000
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Sold Price
1,680,000 442,105 56,300
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A Lady in Red and Yellow
Oil on canvas
130 x 97 cm
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Estimate
2,200,000 - 3,200,000 593,000 - 863,000 75,800 - 110,200 477,000 - 694,000
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Bullfighter
1994
Oil on canvas
194 x 130 cm
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Estimate
4,000,000 - 5,000,000 1,078,000 - 1,348,000 137,800 - 172,200 868,000 - 1,085,000
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Sold Price
5,040,000 1,326,316 168,901
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Hesitation
Oil on canvas
97 x 130.5 cm
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Estimate
1,900,000 - 2,800,000 492,000 - 725,000 63,100 - 93,000
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Lady
1998
Oil on canvas
143.5 x 95 cm
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Estimate
3,000,000 - 4,000,000 777,000 - 1,036,000 99,600 - 132,800
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Sold Price
3,360,000 875,000 111,925
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Youth with a Red scarf (Artist’s Son)
1998
Oil on canvas
131.5 x 98 cm
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Estimate
2,200,000 - 3,200,000 570,000 - 829,000 73,100 - 106,300
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Lady
Oil on canvas
131 x 97 cm
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Estimate
3,200,000 - 4,200,000 823,000 - 1,080,000 106,000 - 139,200
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Sold Price
6,000,000 1,554,404 199,402
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Gentleman
Oil on canvas
160 x 131 cm
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Estimate
2,800,000 - 3,800,000 720,000 - 977,000 92,800 - 125,900
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Sold Price
3,120,000 808,290 103,689
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