Lot description
Title; Huang Yongyu Seal: Huang Yong jade seal Source: Old collection of collectors in Kyoto, Japan (gifted by Mr. Huang Yongyu) Appreciation: Huang Yongyu (August 9, 1924 – June 13, 2023), a professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, pen names Huang Xingbin, Huang Niu, Niu Fuzi. Born in Changde County, Hunan Province (now Dingcheng District, Changde City), his ancestral home is Fenghuang County, Hunan Province. Tujia people. Academician of the Chinese Academy of Painting, professor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, former head of the printmaking department. Member of China Artists Association. People have always had the mentality of "mice crossing the street, everyone shouts and beats", but in Huang Yongyu's eyes, it is the opposite. Mr. Huang Yongyu painted a lot of mice in his life, and the mice in his pen were either cunning and gratifying, or alert, or greedy and ridiculous, all of which were humorous, exaggerated, and childish, reflecting the leisurely poetry of rural style and the love of life. Huang Yongyu's "Mouse Fun Picture" paints mice, inscribed poems, and the ink is full of reason, humorous and alert, and his poems are meaningful and thought-provoking. In his pen, the mouse is no longer a harmful spirit that everyone shouts and beats, but a living and vivid mascot, and his mouse is very distinctive, like a "living" character. The mouse in this work is a mischievous urchin image, "I'm ugly, but my mother likes it." The language is witty and the picture is vivid. It is also a portrayal of Master Huang Yongyu's own character and dealing with things. This lot was collected from a close friend of Mr. Wong Yongyu, who gave this self-deprecating mouse to the collector when he was drinking with Mr. Huang in Hong Kong in his early years. The inheritance is orderly and the source is reliable. The mouse is painted vividly, the mouse is in a sitting position, the head is slightly tilted to the left, the red tongue is sticking out, the four whiskers on the left and right are symmetrical, the eyes are symmetrical, the ears are symmetrical, the two front paws are climbing, and the tail is curved to the left to support the sitting ground. Although the rat looks ugly, the most classic is the phrase next to it, "I'm ugly but my mother likes it" plays a finishing touch. 42×28 cm. Approx. 1.1 square feet