Lot 31

East and West Art Gallery, Melbourne, acquired directly from the artist.

Melbourne, East and West Art Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings and Zen Inspriations by Chen Hung-Ch'en', April, 1978.

Chen Hongzhen, also known as Chen Chengzhang, is a highly respected Chinese-Taiwanese painter, printmaker, and art educator. Born in Tongling, Fujian, and now based in Taiwan, Chen is celebrated internationally for his pioneering contributions to traditional Chinese printmaking and modern ink art.

Educated in Fujian and influenced by a lineage of accomplished artists, Chen's work bridges classical Chinese aesthetics with innovative technique. In the 1940s, he rose to prominence with powerful woodcut works and theoretical writings. He later became a cultural ambassador through numerous solo and group exhibitions in the U.S., U.K., Japan, Korea, Brazil, and Southeast Asia.

Chen is especially known for:
Large-scale woodcuts of Chinese sages and historical figures.
"New Image Calligraphy" and "One-Stroke Ink Drawings", blending text and form with rhythmic brushwork.

The monumental "Panorama of Taiwan's Cross-Island Highway", a 42-piece ink landscape tribute to Taiwan's natural beauty and national spirit.

His works are held in major museum collections across Asia, Europe, and the Americas, and he has been widely praised by critics, scholars, and cultural leaders for advancing Chinese visual culture on a global stage.