LOT 44
TING SHAO KUANG
B. China, 1939
Mother & Child
Signed “TingShaoKuang” on lower right
Inscribed 223/275 on lower edge of paper
Serigraph
86 x 82 cm
Private Collection, Singapore
RM 1,500 – RM 3,500
Ting Shao Kuang was born in China in 1939. He is a figurative painter and printmaker. Ting’s early years were heavily influenced by the Sino-Japanese war which destroyed his homeland. Having been abandoned by his parents at the age of nine, Ting became isolated but found great solace in painting.
The affection between mother and daughter is depicted in this piece with the use of intricate techniques and the use of the Art Nouveau style piecing the relationship together. The disparity between the motifs create a uniformity reflecting the ever changing and constrasting nature of mother and daughter yet there is an unspoken gracefulness to the work.