Zhu Qizhan (1892-1996)Gourds, 1974Ink and colour on paper, inscribed and signed Qizhan with three seals of the artist, framed and glazed. 69cm x 66cm (27 1/4in x 26in)注脚1974年 朱屺瞻(1892-1996年) 葫蘆 設色紙本 鏡框裝裱Provenance: an English private collection來源：英國私人收藏Zhu Qizhan is heralded today as one of China's foremost modern artists, with a museum dedicated to his art in Shanghai. His works can also be found in the British Museum in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In 1918 he went to study in Japan, where he discovered the post-Impressionist painters Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne, and the vibrant works of Matisse. He returned to China to teach at the Shanghai Art Academy and established the Moshe Art Society with the painter Xu Beihong. With the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Zhu turned to traditional Chinese painting, travelling to the countryside and drawing workers in the fields and in the factories.