'QUIET LIVING IN A MOUNTAIN SURROUNDED BY CLOUDS', BY LU YANSHAO (1909-1993), DATED 1981 Ink and watercolors on paper. A virtuoso and expressive landscape study with two small huts in a forest of densely clustered pine trees, with mountains towering into dark clouds in the background. Inscriptions: Signed Lu Yanshao and inscribed upper left, dated August 1981. Provenance: Zhou Shengli (1951-2018). Thence by descent within the same family to the present owner. Zhou Shengli was born in Shanghai and studied painting under Lu Yanshao (1909-1993). In the 1990s, he established the 'Baosteel Painting and Calligraphy Society' with him and his colleagues participating in many calligraphy and painting competitions and winning over twenty of the highest prizes and awards. Today, Zhou's paintings are exhibited in the prestigious Beijing Gallery, along with many of China's most important artists. Condition: Good condition with minor wear, creasing, soiling Dimensions: Size 34.5 x 46.3 cm Auction result comparison: Compare with a similar work by the same artist at Sotheby's Hong Kong in Modern Chinese Paintings on 5 April 2011, lot 1146, sold for HKD 250,000. 陸儼少(1909-1993)《云樓幽居》，1981 紙本設色。在雲海山林環繞之間，兩座幽居小木屋，以凝重的墨色畫陡峭的山岩，以淡墨畫遠處的坡岸，大片留白，虛虛實實。 款識：云樓幽居 一九八一年八月陸儼少 來源：周生力(1951-2018) 收藏。直至現任藏家前一直保存在同一家族中。周生力出生於上海，師從陸儼少(1909-1993) 學畫。1990年代他和他的同事們參加了許多書法和繪畫比賽，並贏得了二十多個獎項，從而建立了"寶鋼書畫學會"。 如今，Zhou Shengli的繪畫作品與許多中國最重要的藝術家一起在著名的北京畫廊展出。 圖片: 周生力與陸儼少，約 1970 至1980年間。 品相：狀況良好，有輕微磨損，摺痕，污跡 尺寸：34.5 x 46.3 厘米 拍賣結果比較：同一位藝術家相似的作品，售于香港蘇富比Modern Chinese Paintings 拍場2011年4月 5日，lot 1146, 售價HKD 250,000.