Lin Fengmian: Pear Blossoms and Birds

“Lin Fengmian was one of twentieth-century China’s most important modern artists, achieving a unique synthesis of Chinese and European approaches to painting. Educated in France from 1919 to 1925, he was among the first Chinese painters to be exposed to the avant-garde trends that swept post-war Europe.” READ FULL ESSAY: Christie’s See More Lin Fengmian…

Christopher Tin: Hope is the Thing With Feathers

“Said to be expressions of his innocence and shyness, little birds perching on tree branches is a favoured and recurrent subject matter in Lin Fengmian’s works. Sixteen birds sit atop of tree branches, consciously scattered throughout the painting in an organized manner: in similar size and shape, the leaves are of the same autumnal colour…