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Wendy Wu

A landscape painting by a renowned contemporary Chinese artist fetched 184 million yuan (HK$224 million) at auction on Sunday, a local newspaper reported.
The painting, Landscape in Red by Li Keran (1907-1989), marked the first in the domestic autumn auction season this year with the final price surpassing 100 million yuan.
The floor price was set at 58 million yuan in the autumn sale by China Guardian Auctions and was sold after 20 minutes, according to the Beijing Times.
Landscape in Red is a classic theme of Li who was inspired by a line from a poem by Mao Zedong, founder of the People’s Republic of China: “Looking at a landscape in red and the forests all dyed”.
Li produced seven paintings on the theme from 1962-64, which marked the pinnacle of his painting life and a milestone for new Chinese art.
Four of the paintings have been collected by national art institutions and the one auctioned on Sunday was the smallest of the seven.
It previous owner was the Rongbaozhai (Studio of Glorious Treasures) in Beijing, which is famous for its collection of calligraphy and paintings. It bought Li’s piece for 80 yuan more 40 years ago. It auctioned the painting in 2000 for 5 million yuan, the record high for a single painting by Li Keran.
Two paintings by the prestigious artist Pan Tianshou (1897-1971) were sold at much higher than expected prices.
Sunday’s autumn sales bode well for coming auctions, the report said.


Mao Zedong-inspired landscape painting, sold by artist Li Keran for 80 yuan four decades ago, fetches 184 million yuan at auction

Li Keran, in his studio, and his Landscape in Red, that was inspired by a poem by Chairman Mao Zedong. Photo: China.huanqiu

Naked ambition: Chinese billionaire Liu Yiqian’s purchase of Modigliani nude is the seventh artwork to cost him more than HK$100m

Chinese billionaire collector Liu Yiqian successfully bid US$170 for Amedeo Modigliani’s near-century old painting, Reclining Nude. Photo: Christie's

Detail of The Pingantie (Safety Wish Script) by the 4th century calligrapher Wang Xizhi, for which Liu paid 308 million yuan five years ago. 

Chinese art collector snaps up painting by Adolf Hitler at German auction for US$113,000

This painting of Neuschwanstein Castle, a watercolor signed A Hitler, was bought at auction by a Chinese collector for about US$113,000. Photo: AFP

Adolf Hitler signed most of the 14 paintings and sketches sold at the auction, including a watercolour of a bouquet of carnations from 1910, simply A. Hitler. Photo: AFP

The drawing of a female nude by Adolf Hitler, called 'Damenakt', which was sold at Saturday's auction held in Germany. Photo: AFP 

Adolf Hitler's watercolour, Prague in the Fog", signed A. Hitler, was one of 14 artworks by the former Nazi leader, sold at auction last Saturday. Photo: AFP

This watercolour, 'Blumenstillleben', was another of the works by Adolf Hitler sold at the auction. Photo: AFP

This ink drawing, 'Minoritenkirche Vienna', of a church in the Austrian capital, Vienna, by Adolf Hitler, was also sold at the auction. Photo: AFP

This portrait of a girl, 'Maedchenportraet', signed A Hitler, is shown beside the catalogue of the auction in Germany of 14 artworks by former Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. Photo: AFP

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