Liao Xinxue 廖新學 (1903-1958) - Lot 189

Liao Xinxue 廖新學 (1903-1958) Ink on silk depicting three cranes and some grasses and bamboo, signed "Liao" lower right in Latin lettering), inscribed in Chinese characters upper left "Fait par Xinxue à Paris" (Xinxue zuo yu Bali 新學作於巴黎) followed by a seal, framed under glass with a plate at the bottom of the frame reading "LIAO SIN-HIO". 72 x 58 unframed Liao Xinxue is a Chinese sculptor and painter, born in Yunnan. First apprenticed to a Kunming museum in 1919, he studied painting with a master and opened his own studio. He also studied painting at Nanjing Central University before moving to France. Enrolled at the Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1933 to 1942 (in the studios of various artists), he opened his own sculpture studio in 1937 on rue Daguerre. He took part in numerous painting and sculpture salons, winning the gold medal at the Salon de Printemps in 1946. He returned to China in 1948, where he continued his career, mainly as an art teacher.