inscribed in ink (in Chinese characters) u.r.: stamped in red ink (in Chinese characters) l.r.: (artist's seal) stamped in red ink (in Chinese characters) l.r.: (artist's seal)
Inspired by paintings of sunflowers, 1888, 1889 by Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), CHEN Yongqian has adopted the genre of sunflowers and brilliant colours of Western style of painting, in particular those by Vincent Van Gogh.
CHEN combined Western influence with dynamic, expressive Chinese calligraphic brushstroke in the depictions of the sunflowers and the eccentric rocks. This work is energetic, robust, intense and rhythmic. It also exemplifies the colourful Lingnan (South of the Mountain Range) School of semi-tropical Guangdong province, southern China.
