【Art Hanging】Five Nudes | Chang Yu

＊The mounting process is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Orders may take up to 2 weeks to be processed. Please be patient. Purchase photo paper only: delivery within 1-3 working days. Photo frame: 5~15 working days for delivery. There are three sizes of works: small, medium and large Small size: 31.7 x 45 cm Medium size: 42.3 x 60 cm Large size: 60 x 85 cm Output paper: Art micro-spray snow surface art photo paper 310 gsm (can be collected for more than 30 years) (acid-free, non-reflective), aluminum frame, carton shipment Hanging method: There is a steel cable on the back of the aluminum frame, which can be hung by sticking a 3M traceless hook on the wall (please purchase a version of 5kg or above for safety). The largest nude oil painting by French-based Chinese artist Chang Yu, "Five Nudes", was sold at Christie's Hong Kong Autumn Auction on November 23, 2019 for HK$266 million (approximately NT$1 billion), with a transaction price of HK$303 million (approximately NT$1.2 billion) including commission. Five Nudes is not only Sanyu's largest oil painting of nudes, but also the one with the most nudes and the only one with five nudes. Art historian Chen Yanfeng pointed out in "Selected Works of Chinese Art - Sanyu" that "nude paintings after World War II are rare, with no more than a dozen paintings at home and abroad. Five Nudes is a masterpiece from around 1955. The deep red and bright yellow background strongly highlights the white human body, and the "female protagonists" in various poses have neither the exaggerated proportions of the 1930s nor the realistic style. The black and jerky lines fully outline the unique ancient charm of the late period." Nude women are a classic subject in the history of Western painting, and are often depicted in horizontal compositions, such as lying or prone positions. However, Five Nudes chose a relatively rare standing position. Among the classic Western paintings of standing nude women, the most easily associated with Five Nudes is Picasso's famous work Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and the Fauvist master Henri Matisse's Dance. The five Western nudes in Chang Yu's paintings are graceful and graceful. Their bodies are tall and strong, which is his favorite. The lower body proportions are exaggerated, with a sculptural feel and full of feminine power. Compared with other nude paintings, the figures in "Five Nudes" are huge, almost filling the entire picture, but the emotions they express are elegant and not lustful, with an oriental implicit quality. The small animals and flower patterns at the feet of the nudes are a rare combination of the three major themes of Chang Yu's life-long creation - nudes, flowers, and animals. https://image-cdn-flare.qdm.cloud/q665027dd6a3a4/image/data/2023/10/29/4859c4c6a66f1a025c34224236549e95.jpg Original size: 120 x 172 cm. Material: Oil on fiberboard Source: Private collection Era: 1950s Sanyu was born in 1895. As early as 1910, he learned painting from the famous painter Zhao Xi, and then studied at the Shanghai Art School. When the May Fourth Movement broke out, he was sponsored by his elder brother to study in France. Since then, he has lived in Paris. Until his death in 1966, he mostly lived in Paris, and spent most of his time in the Montparnasse art district of Paris. Due to his unique cultural background, his creations often show a connection between tradition and modernity, and between Eastern and Western art. In the 1920s, people still remembered the pain brought by the First World War, which made people tend to enjoy the present rather than look forward to the future. But it was this mentality that broke the established social restrictions, and many new trends and new fashions followed one after another, such as the Art Deco trend, the miniskirt in the fashion world, and people began to be interested in porcelain, wood, and jade from the East. As an international art center, Paris attracted people from different regions to come, promoting exchanges between the East and the West. The free and open atmosphere formed the "Paris School", and Sanyu was one of the representatives of the Paris School. Single-layer aluminum frame options: https://image-cdn-flare.qdm.cloud/q665027dd6a3a4/image/data/2023/07/11/4b853563c2267abe4f46e392cf820e6b.jpg https://image-cdn-flare.qdm.cloud/q665027dd6a3a4/image/data/2022/04/12/c6d34fbc231337ab8da27935ab4f31db.jpg Source of LIGHTO photoprinting samples: https://image-cdn-flare.qdm.cloud/q665027dd6a3a4/image/data/2023/10/26/b011dd717f432dd262c032f1f02f4f8f.jpg