Lot 39 | 27 November 2022

 

 

LOT 39

YANG KESHAN

B. China, 1944

Girl with Sheep, 1987

Signed and dated YANG KE SHAN 1987 on lower left

Tempera on board

67.5 x 65 cm

Private Collection, Singapore

RM 10,000 – 18,000

Yang Keshan was born in Xiahuyang, Henan Province. He graduated from the Fine Arts Department at People’s Liberation Army Art Institute, specialising in oil painting in 1986 and became a member of the Creative Studio at the Beijing Military Museum of Fine Arts. Yang dabbles in the medium of oil and gouache, and has studied under the tutelage of venerable oil painting artists such as He Kongde, Gao Quan and Cui Kai-Xi. The artist’s works have been exhibited in several art shows within China and overseas. He was also commissioned to create a large-scale historical-themed oil paintings that have gone on to be collected by museums in China. Yang Keshan Delicate brushstrokes make up the details of of the subject, from her garment, mist covered mountain to the sheep grazing the field. What a serene piece this is, instantly alluring its viewers.