C. C. Wang 1907 - 2003, also known as Chi - Chien Wang

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C. C. Wang - Landscape No. 175
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Dawn of Spring: Chinese Paintings Online
March 2024
Christies, Hong Kong (Online Auction)
Est.: 60.000 - 80.000 HKD
Realised: 81.900 HKD
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C. C. Wang - Abstract Landscape
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Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online
June 2023
Christies, Paris (Online Auction)
Est.: 70.000 - 90.000 HKD
Realised: not available
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C. C. Wang - Landscape
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Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings
December 2022
Christies, Hong Kong
Est.: 40.000 - 60.000 HKD
Realised: not available
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C. C. Wang - Snowy Rivers
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Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings
December 2022
Christies, Hong Kong
Est.: 40.000 - 60.000 HKD
Realised: not available
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C. C. Wang - Landscape
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No Regrets: The Collectors' Edition
October 2022
Christies, London (Online Auction)
Est.: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Realised: 3.780 GBP
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C. C. Wang - Calligraphy
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No Regrets: The Collectors' Edition
October 2022
Christies, London (Online Auction)
Est.: 1.000 - 2.000 GBP
Realised: 1.260 GBP
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C. C. Wang - Mountainous Landscape
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Thoughts Across the Waters: Asian Art from the David Drabkin Collection
September 2022
Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 12.000 - 18.000 USD
Realised: 13.860 USD
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C. C. Wang - Cloudy Mountains
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Thoughts Across the Waters: Asian Art from the David Drabkin Collection
September 2022
Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 2.500 - 3.500 USD
Realised: not available
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C. C. Wang - Prunus
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Thoughts Across the Waters: Asian Art from the David Drabkin Collection
September 2022
Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 3.500 - 4.500 USD
Realised: 9.450 USD
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C. C. Wang - Mountain Village
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Thoughts Across the Waters: Asian Art from the David Drabkin Collection
September 2022
Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 8.500 - 10.000 USD
Realised: 15.120 USD
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C. C. Wang - Landscape
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Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings
November 2021
Christies, Hong Kong
Est.: 80.000 - 100.000 HKD
Realised: 212.500 HKD
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C. C. Wang - Landscape
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Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings
May 2021
Christies, Hong Kong
Est.: 100.000 - 150.000 HKD
Realised: 125.000 HKD
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The artist C. C. Wang

  • Chinese painter, calligrapher and art collector.
  • Born in Suzhou (China) and emigrated to New York (USA) at the age of 29.
  • One of the last representatives of the Chinese literati art.

Chi-Chien Wang, known today by the abbreviation C. C. Wang was born in Suzhou (China) in 1907 and was a painter, calligrapher and collector of Chinese art. He studied under the Chinese painter Gu Linshi as early as 1924 and began studying painting under the master Wu Hufan in 1932, while at the same time studying law. In 1936, he decided to devote himself entirely to art when he was asked to act as an advisor to a committee organising the groundbreaking London exhibition of art from the Palace Museum in Beijing. This allowed him to examine all the paintings of the extensive art collection of Chinese emperors - a task that had never been given to a private individual before.

To escape the communist revolution in China, he emigrated to the USA in 1949 with his wife and two youngest daughters. A year later, his first solo exhibition was organised at the Warren E. Cox Gallery (New York). Wang is said to have based the brushwork of traditional Chinese literati landscape painting on a chance effect. This effect is created by pretreating the paper. For example, he crumpled it and dipped the protruding edges in ink or stamped it with wooden boards to create a wood grain on the paper.

The resulting lines, blobs, patterns and structures were then transformed into landscapes by adding traditional elements such as trees, houses or stones with ink or paint. He also added bright hues to suggest variations in light patterns or clouds. This is considered a variation of the splashed ink technique. Although he drew on both Western and Chinese painting techniques in his work, many of his works are considered the last authentic examples of the so-called literati art from China. The style died out with the few Chinese emigrants who still practised it after the communist revolution - Wang was the last of them. He died in New York City on 03.07.2003 at the age of 96.

C. C. Wang's art collection of historical Chinese paintings is listed as one of the largest of its kind in the world. In 1998, 25 works from his collection were given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City).

Der Künstler C. C. Wang

  • Chinesischer Maler, Kalligraf und Kunstsammler.
  • In Suzhou (China) geboren und mit 29 nach New York (USA) emigriert.
  • Einer der letzten Vertreter der chinesischen literati art.

Chi-Chien Wang, heute unter der Verkürzung C. C. Wang bekannt, wurde 1907 in Suzhou (China) geboren und war Maler, Kalligraf und Sammler chinesischer Kunst. Bereits 1924 lernte er unter dem chinesischen Maler Gu Linshi und begann 1932 unter dem Meister Wu Hufan ein Malereistudium, während er gleichzeitig Jura studierte. 1936 entschloss er sich, sich ganz der Kunst zu widmen, als er gefragt wurde, als Berater für ein Komitee zu fungieren, welches die bahnbrechende Londoner Ausstellung von Kunst aus dem Palastmuseum in Peking organisierte. Dadurch war es ihm möglich, alle Gemälde der umfangreichen Kunstsammlung chinesischer Kaiser zu begutachten - eine Aufgabe, die bis dato noch nie einer Privatperson zuteilwurde.

Um der kommunistischen Revolution in China zu entkommen, emigrierte er 1949 mit seiner Frau und seinen zwei jüngsten Töchtern in die USA. Ein Jahr später wurde in der Warren E. Cox Gallery (New York) seine erste Einzelausstellung organisiert. Wang wird zugeschrieben, die Pinselführung der traditionellen chinesischen literati-Landschaftsmalerei auf einen Zufallseffekt zu stützen. Dieser Effekt entsteht durch eine Vorbehandlung des Papiers.

So zerknüllte er es beispielsweise und tunkte die abstehenden Ecken in Tinte oder stempelte es mit Holzbrettern, um eine Holzmaserung auf dem Papier entstehen zu lassen. Die so entstehenden Linien, Kleckse, Muster und Strukturen wurden dann durch das Hinzufügen von traditionellen Elementen wie Bäumen, Häusern oder Steinen mit Tinte oder Farbe in Landschaften umgewandelt. Auch fügte er helle Farbtöne hinzu, um Variationen in Lichtmustern oder Wolken anzudeuten. Dies gilt als Variation der Splashed-Ink-Technik. Obgleich er in seinen Arbeiten sowohl auf westliche als auch auf chinesische Maltechniken zurückgreift, gelten viele seiner Werke als letzte authentische Beispiele der sogenannten literati art aus China. Der Stil starb mit den wenigen chinesischen Auswanderern aus, die ihn nach der kommunistischen Revolution noch praktizierten - Wang war der letzte von ihnen.

Er starb am 03.07.2003 im Alter von 96 Jahren in New York City. C. C. Wangs Kunstsammlung historischer chinesischer Gemälde wird als eine der weltweit größten solcher Sammlungen gelistet. 1998 wurden 25 Werke aus seiner Sammlung an das Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) gegeben.

C. C. Wang - Landscape / Chan
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Chinese Paintings Online: Modern Masters
December 2020
Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 3.000 - 6.000 USD
Realised: 3.750 USD
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C. C. Wang - Untitled (Poem)
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Contemporary Art Asia
September 2020
Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Realised: 12.500 USD
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C. C. Wang - Abstract
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Chinese Contemporary Ink
November 2019
Christies, Hong Kong
Est.: 60.000 - 80.000 HKD
Realised: 75.000 HKD
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C. C. Wang - Strange Rock
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Chinese Contemporary Ink
May 2019
Christies, Hong Kong
Est.: 80.000 - 120.000 HKD
Realised: 150.000 HKD
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C. C. Wang - Rocky Landscape
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Chinese Contemporary Ink
May 2019
Christies, Hong Kong
Est.: 120.000 - 180.000 HKD
Realised: 187.500 HKD
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C. C. Wang - Landscape
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Chinese Contemporary Ink
May 2019
Christies, Hong Kong
Est.: 180.000 - 240.000 HKD
Realised: 300.000 HKD
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C. C. Wang - Landscape No. 437
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Chinese Contemporary Ink
November 2018
Christies, Hong Kong
Est.: 80.000 - 150.000 HKD
Realised: 100.000 HKD
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C.C. Wang - Still Life
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Chinese Contemporary Ink
November 2018
Christies, Hong Kong
Est.: 100.000 - 150.000 HKD
Realised: 187.500 HKD
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C.C. Wang - Spring Landscape
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Chinese Contemporary Ink
November 2018
Christies, Hong Kong
Est.: 70.000 - 90.000 HKD
Realised: 112.500 HKD
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C. C. Wang - Village in the Mountains
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Chinese Works of Art and Paintings
September 2018
Bonhams, New York
Est.: -1 - -1 USD
Realised: 12.500 USD
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C. C. Wang - Landscape, 1987
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Chinese Works of Art and Paintings
September 2018
Bonhams, New York
Est.: -1 - -1 USD
Realised: 12.500 USD
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C. C. Wang - Landscape
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Chinese Contemporary Ink
May 2018
Christies, Hong Kong
Est.: 150.000 - 250.000 HKD
Realised: 312.500 HKD
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