
Wu Guanzhong 吳冠中 | Red lotus flowers 紅蓮
2003
Wu Guanzhong's "Red Lotus Flowers" demonstrates his distinctive fusion of Chinese ink painting traditions with Western modernist abstraction, rendered in oil on board. The composition captures the delicate forms of lotus blossoms through bold gestural marks and a restrained palette dominated by reds and blacks, reflecting the artist's commitment to finding visual poetry in natural subjects. This work exemplifies Wu's innovative approach to bridging Eastern and Western artistic languages during the twentieth century.
- Medium
- oil on board
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
Notes
Literature: Shui Tianzhong & Wang Hua, ed., The Complete Works of Wu Guanzhong, Vol. IV , Changsha 2007, p. 282, illustrated in colour ---------------------------------------------- 水天中、汪華編,《吳冠中全集》,第四卷(長沙,2007年),第282頁,載彩圖
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction
March 29, 2026
Estimate: $2,400,000 – $6,000,000
Lot 41
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