Richard LIN (LIN Show-yu)
Taiwanese 1933 - 2011
Lin was born into a wealthy family in Wu Feng in 1933. He graduated from Chien Kuo Senior High School and further studied architecture and art in London in 1949. Lin has taught at a famous college of art in the UK and served as an instructor at Royal Academy of Arts. In 1958 he started his personal exhibitions in many modern galleries in London and received the Encouragement Award from the Modern Art Association, London in 1961. In 1966, he also won the first award in the Public Painting Exhibition around entire UK held by Ulster Museum of Fine Arts. In the 60's to 70's, when engaged in minimalism art creation, he made a great contribution to grant "modern" meaning to the "margin" tradition of Chinese paintings. His works are collected by many art museums in Europe and USA.
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23 November 1959
1959
Oil on canvas
51 x 41 cm
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Estimate
254,000 - 424,000 60,000 - 100,000 7,700 - 12,900
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Sold Price
1,815,126 432,000 55,742
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Four
1968
Oil and aluminium on canvas
63.5 x 63.5 cm
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Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 122,000 - 171,000 16,700 - 23,300
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Sold Price
780,000 199,488 25,717
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Composition
1958
Oil on canvas
102 x 76 cm
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Estimate
500,000 - 800,000 128,200 - 205,100 17,200 - 27,600
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Sold Price
1,298,000 333,162 42,690
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Painting Relief
1963
Mixed materials on canvas
92 x 102 cm
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Estimate
600,000 - 800,000 18,200 - 24,200
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Sold Price
944,000 28,606
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