PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Hong Kong

Ding Yanyong is honored as the “Eastern Matisse” and one of the “Modern Bada Shanren”. He studied the style from Zhu Da, Xu Wei and Jin Nong, and came out with a unique personal style. He devoted to oil paintings in his early years and had been influenced by Matisse, post-impressionism, cubism and fascism. In 1925, he returned to China and taught Western painting at various art colleges. In 1949, he settled in Hong Kong. He later turned to Chinese painting and carry on the nature style of expressionism. He also takes the interest of classical carving and calligraphy into in his drawing work.