JIANG ZHAOHE 蔣兆和 (Luzhou, China, 1904 - 1986)

Wang Wei drinking tea under bamboo

Ink and colour on paper, mounted as a hanging scroll

Artist's colophon and red seal

128.5cm high, 63.5cm wide

蔣兆和 幽篁吟醉

設色紙本 立軸

款識：獨卧幽篁裏，舉杯自吟敲。英道人不知，明月來相邀。改寫王維詩句，以充拙畫意境。恬然自得，不知當今李白品其然否。癸亥夏，兆和又作。

鈐印：七十有餘

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Jiang Zhaohe is regarded as one of the most important artists of the 20th century, playing a pivotal role in the development of brush and ink painting. Jiang combined chiaroscuro and Western-style portraiture with traditional brush and ink techniques, and is celebrated for his veristic figure paintings that reflected the harsh reality of life for many people during the 1930s and 40s. Displaying a sense of profound compassion, the artist was committed to creating accurate depictions of soldiers, refugees, and those stricken with poverty. Jiang said of himself: 'there are few who know or love me; only the poor knows me and only the famished do I sympathise.'

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