After Chen Yifei (Chinese, 1946 - 2005) - A late 20th centur...

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£2,000 - £3,000

After Chen Yifei (Chinese, 1946 - 2005) - A late 20th century circa 1990s oil on canvas painting of young woman with guitar by Chinese artist Chen Yifei. Signed in red to bottom right. Framed. Measures approx. 60cm x 90cm. 

Some damage to paint and canvas with evident marks due to rolling of canvas. 

Acquired by current owner in Hong Kong approximately 15 years ago. 

Chen Yifei was the first Chinese artist, following China's period of opening and reform, to make a name for himself in the United States and United Kingdom. He had received instruction in oil painting from Soviet artist Konstantin Maximov during Maximov's visit to China. However, Chen's grasp of the medium extended beyond his training in Soviet realism to incorporate the essentials of European classical realism, which allowed Chen to develop a realist style completely his own.
With his solid academic grounding in realist painting and sculpture, Chen Yifei was able to grasp the essentials of European classical realism. Then, on the basis of that style, which had evolved over hundreds of years, he developed an utterly unique brushwork style of his own, suitable for his realist oil painting. Classical realism employed exceptionally fine and precisely placed strokes of colour, through which artists precisely rendered the dimensionality of their subjects, the depth of the background, and the reflection of light. Instead, Chen used ‘planes of colour’ in a manner somewhat similar to the Impressionists.