Sha Qi

Oil on canvas
80 x 70 cm.31 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.
Signed in Chinese on upper right.
PROVENANCE Private collection，Belgium.
Sha Qi 1914 - 2005
Sha Qi is a legendary artist and also a rare genius in painting. Sha Qi has demonstrated his unique art talents since childhood. Starting from 15 years old，Sha Qi studied in Shanghai Chang Min Art College，Shanghai Art College，Hanzhou Art College，and Central University Department of Fine Arts for 9 years，where he gradually demonstrated his talents in oil painting. With the referral by Xu Bei-Hong in 1937，the 23-year-old Sha Qi went to
It is without doubt that Sha Qi not only appreciated European expressionism but understood the connection between European paintings and traditional Chinese paintings. From this early work by Sha Qi，one can tell that Sha Qi interprets the exceptional style of western and oriental fusion with his own sensations.
Sha Qi has a profound background in Chinese traditional culture. Under his father’s influence from childhood，he had access to large quantity of Chinese traditional culture and arts in addition to paint many traditional Chinese flower and bird paintings. Consequently Sha Qi upholds to the principles of Chinese painting for his oil paintings with traditional themes，paying attention to principles，structure，composition structure and style�
Nonetheless，in the traditional style，Sha Qi’s use of color displays his profound skills with western oil painting. The thick and layered colors in“Green Aspirations”originated from Western art masters，such as Diego Velázquez and Goya. Sha Qi combined and re-interpreted their skills. Although the use of this technique is usually restrained for traditional themes in order to achieve the overall effects of oriental painting，the brushe