Chen Wenxi
1906-1991
Artist: | Chen Wenxi |
Title: | Monkeys |
Size: | 51.97 x 27.36 in |
Year: | 1982 |
Signature: | Lower right |
Artist: | Chen Wenxi |
Title: | Fish (SOLD) |
Size: | 25.98 x 25.98 in |
Year: | 1982 |
Signature: | Lower right |
Artist: | Chen Wenxi |
Title: | Bee with Monkeys (SOLD) |
Medium: | Watercolor |
Ground: | Paper |
Size: | 50 x 69 cm |
Signature: | Lower right |
Artist: | Chen Wenxi |
Title: | Three Monkeys (SOLD) |
Medium: | Watercolor |
Ground: | Paper |
Size: | 69 x 45 cm |
Signature: | High right |
Artist Biography:
Chen Wen Hsi (Chen Wenxi) is a Singaporean artist known for his avant-garde painting style. He was born in 1906 in Baigong, Guangdong province and studied at the Xinhua College of Art in Shanghai, where he was taught by a number of famous artists including Pan Tianshou.
He left China in 1947, and has held 38 solo exhibitions in London, Beijing, Hong Kong, Melbourne and Kuala Lumpur.