HAN MEILIN 韓美林 (Jinan, China, b. 1936)

Horse

Ink and colour on paper, unmounted

Artist's colophon and four red seals

approx. 69cm high, 137.5cm wide

韓美林 馬

水墨紙本 未裝裱

款識：此馬非凡馬，房星本是星。向前敲獸骨，猶自帶銅聲。乙酉大吉之年中秋節下寫長吉句，齊魯海右人美林客次西子湖。

鈐印：肖形印、「世事未知」、「美林畫馬」 、年份章

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PROVENANCE:

Property of a Lady, UK Private Collection

來源：

女士珍藏，私人英國收藏

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Han Meilin is a contemporary Chinese artist known for both his paintings and sculptures of animals. Han notably created the Fuwa (good-luck dolls) mascots for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. 'The flower of my art is rooted in Chinese soil,' he explained, 'but it is nurtured by rain, sunshine and dew from other countries.' Born in 1936 in Jinan, China, he studied at the Central Academy of Arts and Design in Beijing, graduating in 1960. During the Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s, the artist was arrested for befriending foreigners and spent nearly five years imprisoned. After his release in 1972, Han devoted himself to producing beautiful objects devoted to animals. He currently lives and works in Beijing, China.

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