Lin Fengmian was a pioneer of modernism known for his brilliant hybridization of Chinese and European styles, subjects and methods. In his role as a prominent educator, Lin laid the foundation for Chinese modern art. Throughout his long and productive life, Lin absorbed a wide array of stylistic approaches into his paintings, and was one of the earliest Chinese artists to make a serious study of European modern art along with traditional ink paintings. Lin’s early life was shaped by poverty and trauma. The son of a painter, Lin was born in Guangdong in 1900. At the age of seven, he watched in horror as his mother was sold into servitude. A year later, in a stroke of good fortune he bought a winning lottery ticket that would transform his fate. After completing middle school Lin used his remaining winnings from the lottery to travel with his friend Lin Wenzheng to Shanghai where they prepared for a work-study program in France. By 1920 Lin was working as a signboard painter in Marseilles, sketching and studying French in his spare time. Lin’s work as a sign painter would help develop the steadiness and clarity of his later brushwork. Following six months of study at the School of Fine Arts in Dijon, Lin left for Paris where he studied at the École des Beaux Arts and the studio of Fernand Cormon (1845-1924). He had a highly eventful year in Germany, where he saw the works of German Expressionists and held a one-man exhibition, married his first wife, and exhibited 42 paintings in an Exhibition of Traditional and Modern Chinese Art. Soon after, with the untimely and sudden death of his wife and first-born child, the stunned Lin’s art and outlook were transformed. He remarried in 1925 and then returned to Beijing in 1926, committed to revitalizing Chinese art through education. After serving as the first principal of the National Beijing Fine Art School he founded the Hangzhou National College of Art where he taught Western style painting to students including Zao Wou-Ki, Chu Teh-Chun, and Wu Guanzhong. Lin Fengmian’s life was marked by numerous upheavals and tragedies including the destruction of may of his works during the Sino-Japanese War and Cultural Revolution. After a period of imprisonment he worked to recreate his earlier paintings. After leaving China in 1977 to reunite with family members Lin Fengmian ultimately settled in Hong Kong where he died in 1991 at the age of 90 years old. His work can be found in many museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of New York, the Cernuschi Gallery of Asian Arts of Paris, and the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Lin Fengmian

Fine Chinese Paintings

ink and colour on paper, framed signed, with 1 seal of the artist PROVENANCE From the Collection of Feng Yeh EXHIBITED Taipei, Museum of History, Lin Feng-Mien’s 90th Birthday Retrospective Exhibition, October 1989 Taipei, Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, The Centenary of Lin Fengmian’s: The World of Lin Fengmian, July 2000 ILLUSTRATED The Paintings of LIN FENG-MIEN, Museum of History, Taipei, October 1989, pl.14 The World of Lin Fengmian, Min Sheng Daily, Taipei, July 2000, p.116 The Centenary of Lin Fengmian’s (Special Edition Art Card), July 2000 67.6 x 67.8 cm 26⅝ x 26¾ in. 林風眠　海邊 設色紙本　鏡框 款識： 林風眠。 鈐印：「林風瞑印」。 來源︰馮葉收藏 展覽︰ 臺北，歷史博物館，〈林風眠九十回顧展〉，一九八九年十月 臺北，國父紀念館，〈林風眠百歲誕辰紀念 — 林風眠的世界〉，二○○○年七月 著錄： 〈林風眠畫集〉（臺北，歷史博物館，一九八九年十月），圖版14 〈林風眠的世界〉（臺北，民生報，二○○○年七月），頁116 〈林風眠百歲紀念特展〉特別印製展品組合畫片 註：按展覽圖錄所示，本幅乃寫於一九五三年。

View 1 of Lot 2547: 林風眠　海邊 | Lin Fengmian, Seaside

林風眠　海邊 | lin fengmian, seaside

ink and colour on paper, framed signed, with 1 seal of the artist 68.7 x 138 cm 27 x 54⅜ in. 林風眠　葦塘飛雁 設色紙本　鏡框 款識： 林風眠。 鈐印：「林風瞑印」。 著錄： 〈名家翰墨‧碎金集〉II（香港，翰墨軒，二〇〇八年十二月），頁142-143 註：林風眠早習西畫，創作好取方型構圖。七十年代末，他亦偶引入長方形橫構圖，將戲劇人物、風景等題材，延展為四呎整紙畫幅。 蘆塘飛雁之靈感，源於他在西湖邊的生活記憶，衍用古典水墨的水岸構圖，一江如素練迤邐，遠山似青黛暈染，恍若清曉時分，群雁低掠葦塘，劃破四野岑寂，橫幅將山水空間無限延宕，意境杳渺。灰、白、藍、綠色調子，呈現抒情式東方韻味，較早期之黑白灰更為明亮，或暗示畫家晚年心境變遷。

View 1 of Lot 2548: 林風眠　葦塘飛雁 | Lin Fengmian, Wild Geese Flying over the Reed Pond

林風眠　葦塘飛雁 | lin fengmian, wild geese flying over the reed pond

ink and colour on paper, framed signed, with 1 seal of the artist EXHIBITED Hong Kong, Chung Kiu Chinese Products Emporium Ltd. Art & Crafts Branch, Works of Lin Fengmian, 1978 ILLUSTRATED Wah Kiu Yat Po, 31 January, 1978, sheet 8, p.1 68.5 x 69.3 cm 27 x 27¼ in. 林風眠 山林 設色紙本 鏡框 款識： 林風眠。 鈐印：「林風暝印」。 展覽： 香港，中僑國貨公司，〈中國現代名畫家林風眠先生作品介紹〉，一九七八年 著錄： 〈華僑日報〉「美術週刊」，一九七八年一月卅一日，第八張第一頁 來源：購自上述展覽 林風眠一九七七年底自滬來港定居，最初獲堂弟林汝祥招待，居於九龍彌敦道中僑國貨公司同座大厦，作品經由中僑畫廊代售，翌年於該畫廊舉行展覽，乃遷港後首次個展，展出近作廿餘幅，包括風景、花鳥、仕女、京劇人物、靜物等題材，觀者踴躍，反響熱烈。期間畫家與林汝祥等合攝於本幅前，一月卅一日〈華僑日報〉刊文介紹展覽，並配部份展品圖片，本幅即其一。 FROM A PRIVATE HONG KONG COLLECTION (LOTS 2541-2544) | 香港私人收藏廿世紀名家畫 （編號 2541-2544） 本輯為香港著名收藏家楊永德家屬收藏，皆經楊氏精選，並推薦購藏。

View 1 of Lot 2544: 林風眠 山林 | Lin Fengmian, Mountain Forest

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