LOT 50
DA WEI KWO
B. China, 1919 – 2003
Lotus
Signed with artist’s seal on lower right
Chinese ink on paper
53 x 32.5 cm
Provenance Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
Artist and teacher Dr. David Kwo Da-Wei became renowned for his Chinese brush paintings. He also pioneered in using complete strokes to create impressionistic images. This limited edition lithograph is stamped in color and signed by the artist. Born in Beijing, 1919, he first studied art at the Art Institute of Nanjing and later under the tutelage of the late master, Qi Bai-Shih. He held his first art exhibition in Hong Kong in 1952. Since then, he had held over 20 one-man art exhibitions at leading art museums in US, Europe and Asia. He died in the United States in 2003.