Wu Guanzhong—Painting Collection

"Wolong Pine"

1993, ink and color on paper, 96×179cm

Beijing Poly 2011 Autumn Auction 2875 yuan

Wu Guanzhong loves ancient trees, loves their profound historical heritage, and loves their vigorous images to inspire creation.

The paper is full of dragons stretching out, with no stray trees or branches. They are swaying with extremely thick lines, powerful and vigorous. The main trunk is as thick as a wheel. The branches may curve and then suddenly buckle, or reach back in the opposite direction, such as The body of the larvae is stretched out, its claws are stretched out to release the wind, and the spirit appears. It is majestic and breathtaking, and the image is more realistic. The pine needles are as strong as an iron pestle, and the color spots burst out, glowing with strong and green vitality. The artist couldn't hide his emotions, and made an exception for a long title to express his lingering thoughts. The Wolong pine has been around for thousands of years, and it is unknown whether it can withstand the wind, frost and lightning strikes again. I hope these survivors of the Liao Dynasty can remain in the painting forever!

"Spring Scenery on the Wall"

Colored frame on paper, 1983

This painting has high walls and low walls divided up and down, with ivy criss-crossing the white wall. New buds and leaves are lingering, and little flowers are blooming among them. Dots and lines are intertwined to form a flowing organism, like the tide flowing down the wall or emerging from the cracks in the bricks. The vitality of early spring is unstoppable. The painter arranged vines to break away from the constraints of the white wall and invade other spaces in the painting. This was also the beginning of later abstract classics such as "Spring Like Threads" and other works using paper as walls.

The whole painting is light at the top and heavy at the bottom, movement and stillness complement each other, density and density are interdependent, and all kinds of contrasts are blended into one. Order is hidden in the chaos. It is full of paper, and every size has a story. It can be called "meticulous brushwork" Painting!

"Running Under the Jade Dragon Mountain"

The current owner acquired it from the Xinhua Fine Arts Center in Singapore in the 2000s

Wu Guanzhong's "Story"

2021 Annual Poly Beijing transaction price: RMB 106,220

"Panda"

59 x 120 cm silk screen print, 2007

"Zhouzhuang"

Oil painting on canvas 150x300cm, painted in 1997

Poly Hong Kong 2016 Spring Auction 2.36 Hong Kong dollars

"Mooring"

"Lu Xun's Hometown"

"Duck Prophet of Warm Water in Spring River"