🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Painting unidentified

[detectorcowboy]

I'm thinking Japanese but what do I know about paintings (nothing)
It's Canvas 39x27 it looks old?
Wondering if a GI brought it back from Japan?
The top & bottom of the painting slides into those 2 pieces of wood and it was rolled-up

 

[Red-Coat]

That's nice.

It looks to me to be in the style of the Chinese-American painter and printmaker Ting Shao Kuang (Yunnan Art School). He was born in Kunning, China in 1939, trained in Beijing and ultimately moved to Los Angeles in America. Best known for paintings of stylised women surrounded by vibrant abstract symbols drawing heavily from Ancient Egyptian and Art Nouveau imagery.

An original (and some prints) from this artist could have substantial value. However, I believe he usually painted on paper and his style (together with the Yunnan School style in general) have been widely copied by other artists in various media.

Compare to this unattributed variation of Ting’s “Peace and Religion”:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/384966439687

… this work by Julia Feng:

https://www.artmajeur.com/juliafeng/en/artworks/91078/art-godness-close-look

… and this decorated ceramic tile from the Holly Zhang gallery:

https://hollyzhang.com/s/product/5292/

 

[Blackfoot58]

Looks right-on Red-Coat. Great solution.

 

[detectorcowboy]

That's nice.

It looks to me to be in the style of the Chinese-American painter and printmaker Ting Shao Kuang (Yunnan Art School). He was born in Kunning, China in 1939, trained in Beijing and ultimately moved to Los Angeles in America. Best known for paintings of stylised women surrounded by vibrant abstract symbols drawing heavily from Ancient Egyptian and Art Nouveau imagery.

An original (and some prints) from this artist could have substantial value. However, I believe he usually painted on paper and his style (together with the Yunnan School style in general) have been widely copied by other artists in various media.

Compare to this unattributed variation of Ting’s “Peace and Religion”:
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/384966439687

… this work by Julia Feng:
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https://www.artmajeur.com/juliafeng/en/artworks/91078/art-godness-close-look

… and this decorated ceramic tile from the Holly Zhang gallery:
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https://hollyzhang.com/s/product/5292/

Did you see the signature above her elbow?

 

[Red-Coat]

Did you see the signature above her elbow?

Yes, but I can't read it... and it rings no bells.

 

[Bramblefind]

Using Red-Coat's ID it looks like the central image is from "Illumination of Buddha."

 

[detectorcowboy]

Using Red-Coat's ID it looks like the central image is from "Illumination of Buddha."

That's the same girl as my painting?

 

[Red-Coat]

That's the same girl as my painting?

Yours is stylistically copied from (or 'inspired by' if you prefer) that painting by Ting Shao Kuang. The background is similarly copied from/inspired by other works he produced.