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above: An oil painting by famous Chinese artist Liu Yu-yi.
Original paintings from the Cultural revolution period are
fascinating. In the past few years, I have visited many large
auctions held in Beijing and Shanghai and got the chance to take a close
look at some original masterpieces of the CR period done by famous
artists.
Of course, among the numerous artists who have contributed in making
propaganda posters in the 60's-70's, many have remained unknown and even
left the art arena. Apart from published posters, there are even
more propaganda artworks done by local revolutionary parties or peasant
painters or school art teachers for use in all sorts of political
functions like parades, local or provincial art exhibitions or indoor
decoration for government offices. They can be found almost
everywhere during the period. But with the lapse of time, most of
them have been destroyed and only very limited are so lucky to be
retained.
I have seen and got the chance to source some valuable artworks but
owing to my financial limits, I only managed to bought some artworks of
less famous or unknown artists. Nevertheless, I adore every
artwork in my collection because they are all true exhibits of the
political history. Many artworks of famous Chinese artists done in
the CR period were sold at more than a million RMB each at big Chinese
auctions during the past two years. One great artwork by Li Ke-ran
was sold at 9.8 million RMB last year. I was there in Beijing when
it was auctioned.
I have let go some nice oil/gouache ones for the sake of of getting
money to support my poster collection. And here are a couple more,
probably last batch of original paintings I am willing to offer to other
CR relic collectors........
Lastly, please note that all my original paintings have been with me for
10-20 years. New reproductions only appears in the past couple of
years. So you can rest assured that these are all authentic
artworks of the CR period. |