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Wu Guanzhong — Wu Guanzhong 吳冠中 | Red lotus flowers 紅蓮
Wu Guanzhong

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

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

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Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction

March 29, 2026

Estimate: $2,400,000$6,000,000

Lot 41

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Wu Guanzhong, 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
Year
2003
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Oil and ink on canvas, Nature Symbolism, 20th Century, Contemplative Mood, Botanical Subject, Lyrical Abstraction, Vertical Composition, Chinese Artist, Modern Ink Painting

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