Sanyu : his life and complete works in oil = 常玉 : 生平与油画全集 Vol 1 / 衣淑凡編

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• Volume One of Sanyu: His Life and Complete Works in Oil draws upon archival material, photographs, letters, and stories recounted by people who knew him to trace Sanyu's life from his early years in China and Japan to his tragic death in Paris, impoverished and forgotten. We follow him from his journey in 1920 to Paris, where he delved into the world of sketching from live models, to his exploration of and lifelong commitment to painting in oil, to his continued participation in Salon and other exhibitions, hoping for the success that was never to be, to his experiences in New York, and back to Paris, where he matured as an artist despite insurmountable difficulties.Today, Sanyu is one of the most respected and admired of modern Chinese artists, attracting the attention of scholars, his works coveted by collectors. An examination of his life reveals that it was precisely the polarities and tensions Sanyu experienced that spurred him to create a unique pictorial language that dynamically integrated the spirit of Western modernity with centuries-old Chinese traditions. Sanyu metamorphosed from a Chinese artist of the modern period to a modernist with Chinese cultural roots. These intersecting dynamics resulted in a hybridization previously unseen.
• Total two volumes. Volume One : His Life. Text in English.
• 《常玉：生平与油画全集》第一卷，透过档案资料、照片书信，以及常玉友人的描述来追溯常玉的一生——从他早年在中国和日本的生活，一直到他在巴黎穷困潦倒，不幸离世。常玉从1920年初抵巴黎，钻研真人模特儿速写，到开始探索油画，余生全心投入；从持续参加沙龙展和各种展览，希望取得他始终无缘的成功；再到旅居纽约，最后返回巴黎，在种种难以克服的困境下，成为一个更成熟的艺术家。