Walasse Ting American-Chinese Oil on Canvas – Feb 13, 2020
Oil on canvas. Featuring a scene of ladies leisurely enjoying afternoon tea and coffee. Signed with inscribed seal and attributed to Walasse Ting (Chinese-American, 1929-2010) on the lower left corner. “175” inscribed on verso. 49 x 59 cm (19.3 x 23.2 inches). PROVENANCE: Private collection (California, United States)
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Walasse Ting
Walasse Ting was an American-Chinese artist known for his fluorescent colored paintings. Most paintings were of cats, erotic nudes, and flowers. Ting once mused, “paintings are my honey, colors are my flowers, velocity is what’s required of a thief—he must paint as speedily as he draws a gun.”
Born Ding Xiongquan on October 13, 1929, in Wuxi, China, Ting briefly attended the Art Academy in Shanghai. In 1952, he moved to Paris and made acquaintances of many members of the CoBrA movement, namely Karel Appel, Pierre Alechinsky, and Asger Jorn.
In the 1950s, Ting moved to New York where he immersed himself in the art scene. He befriended Sam Francis and solidified his association with Abstract Expressionism. As a result, he incorporated the bold strokes of traditional Chinese calligraphy into his practice. Finding critical acclaim, he was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1970.
Ting passed away on May 17, 2010 in New York, NY at the age of 80. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, among others.
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