LOT 55
YANG KESHAN
B. China, 1944
Girl with Sheep, 1987
Signed and dated “YANG KE SHAN 1987” on lower left
Tempera on board
67.5 x 65 cm
Private Collection, Singapore
RM 18,000 – RM 30,000
Yang Keshan was born in Xiahuyang, Henan Province. He graduated from the Fine Arts Department at People’s Liberation Army Art Institute, specialising in oil painting in 1986 and became a member of the Creative Studio at the Beijing Military Museum of Fine Arts. Yang dabbles in the medium of oil and gouache, and has studied under the tutelage of venerable oil painting artists such as He Kongde, Gao Quan and Cui Kai-Xi. The artist’s works have been exhibited in several art shows within China and overseas. He was also commissioned to create a large-scale historical-themed oil paintings that have gone on to be collected by museums in China.
Yang Keshan painted a beautiful landscape in this piece, depicting a Tibetan girl adorning layers of clothing, indicating the climate, with a vista of a mountain before her and surrounded by sheep. Delicate brushstrokes make up the details of of the subject, from her garment, mist covered mountain to the sheeps grazing the field. What a serene piece this is, instantly alluring its viewers.