Charcoal on paper

52.5 x 37.5 cm. 20 5/8 x 14 3/4 in.

Signed in Chinese and dated on lower right

Provenance：
Acquired directly from the artist by original owner.

Shiy De-jinn separated his painting styles to two different genres—Portrait and Landscape. After 1970s， Shiy Dejinn developed his own style by using Chinese ink paintings to elaborate village sceneries in Taiwan. However， the painting genre that crossed his whole art career was portrait. Awarded the first in school art competition， Shiy was student of Pang Xunqin， whom he learned Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso from. Later he started to learn drawing from Lin Fengmian， and became classmates with Zao Wou-ki， Chu The-chun and Lee Chun-shan. The Girl’s Portrait by Shiy was a relatively rare portrait work of the artist that demonstrated both talent and techniques of the artist in drawing.
Shiy De-jinn was praised as“the very artist of Taiwan post-war period”.His portrait works were the ones that received most compliments from the public. National Museum of History in Taipei has hosted his portrait work exhibition in honor of his 20th years of death. When art history researchers calculated all works that he created， they found that portrait paintings counted 1/3 of his whole collection， while most of these portraits were oil painting and sketches. In his early years， Shiy was greatly influenced by Henri Matisse that he used a lot of heavy colors to create conflicts and strong tensions. After studying in Hangzhou Arts School （The National College of Art today） with Lin Fengmian， his style became more tough and clean. In The Girl’s Portrait， the stiff sitting position， the focused face expression were all lively yet realistic expression. While the girl holding the paintbrush can be seen as a reflection of the artist himself—a painting artist that care no more about the outside world at all. Shiy De jinn created this work in his 50s， and finally found an artwork to express himself explicitly in a simple yet meaningful portrait.

Price estimate:
HKD： 30,000 -50,000
USD： 3,900 -6,400

Auction Result:
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