Chen Yifei

CHEN YIFEI (Ningbo, China 1946 - Shanghai, China 2005)
"Bridge of peace", 1985.
Lithograph on Arches paper. Copy 312/1000.
Attached certificate of authenticity issued by World Federation of United Nations in 1985.
With dry stamps of Emiliano Sorini Studio of New York and World Federation of United Nations.
Framed in museum glass.
Signed and numbered.
Measurements: 28,5 x 21,7 cm.
Chen Yifei is one of the most recognized oil painters in China and with greater impact in the West. With a versatile personality, he is also known for his work as a film director, businessman, designer and decorator. He began his artistic studies in Shanghai in 1965, where he stood out by focusing his attention on oil painting in a country marked by the tradition of Chinese ink painting. The quality of his brushstroke will make him one of the most famous artists of the Cultural Revolution (although he could not avoid some small mishaps); he painted portraits glorifying Mao Zedong and large revolutionary canvases. He was one of the first artists authorized by the communist government to travel to the United States, where he lived from 1980-1990. It was there that he made his fortune and refined the quality of his style. In 1990 he returned to Shanghai, the city where he spent the rest of his life, influenced by his training in Soviet art and focused on the revolutionary themes that enveloped his environment, his brushwork evolved into more romantic themes, genre scenes, a realistic iconography with a melancholic air and modern details. His most characteristic scenes usually show Chinese women performing everyday actions, dressed in traditional costumes with a multitude of details and dense colors that stand out against dark and neutral backgrounds.