Wang Xuetao (1903-1982) attr.

Description:

China, 20th century
67 x 33,2 cm
Peonies on a rock with Butterflies. Ink and colours on paper, mounted as a hanging scroll. Titled and signed: Xuetao, two seals: Chi yuan, Xuetao chang nian, and another seal.
North German private collection, collected in the 1970s/80s, since then in family ownership
Wang Xuetao came from the province of Hebei and was a famous modern Chinese painter of small freehand flower and bird paintings. He studied at the drawing department of Beijing Art School in 1918. He was the director of the Beijing Art Academy and the Chinese Artists' Association - - Traces of age, foxing, mount damaged in the lower area, the lower rod missing