TANG HAIWEN (T'ANG THIEN PHUOC HAYWEN, ZENG HAIWEN, 1927-1991)

Estimated Value:

2.500 € - 3.500 €

Schätzpreis:

1.500 €

Description:

China/Vietnam/Paris
15 x 12 cm, R.
Untitled. Watercolour on paper, framed and glazed. Signed "T'ang" in Pinyin, signed "Haiwen" in Chinese (lower right).
Formerly from a Swiss private collection, acquired before 2007
Born in Xiamen in 1927, Tang Haiwen moved to Saigon, Vietnam during the Sino-Japanese War with his family, where he attended a French school and studied calligraphy under his grandfather. His passion in painting continued to flourish after he moved to Paris in 1948. Like many of his contemporaries who immersed themselves in France at the time such as Chu Teh-Chun and Zao Wou-ki, Tang found Abstract Expressionism a perfect channel to demonstrate the subtleties in traditional Chinese painting through pure non-figurative elements of colour, light and composition

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