Hubert Vos
Chrysanthemums On The Table
Found at
China Guardian,
Hong Kong
20th Century and Contemporary Chinese Art, Lot 59
6. Oct - 6. Oct 2015
20th Century and Contemporary Chinese Art, Lot 59
6. Oct - 6. Oct 2015
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 HKD
Price realised: 483.800 HKD
Price realised: 483.800 HKD
Description
Oil on canvas
127 x 86 cm.50 x 33 7/8 in.
Signed in English on lower right
PROVENANCE William A. Smith Gallery，Plainfield，New Hampshire，U.S.
Private Collection，U.S.
HUBERT•VOS 1855-1935
Hubert Vos was a famous American Dutch portrait artist who painted portraits for Dutch Queen，King of Korea，Ambassadors of Russia to the United Kingdom，and many nobility and authorities. Vos was renowned as royal court painter. He visited China in 1899 and 1905 to paint portrait for Qingqin King，Li Hung Chang and Yuan Shikai，and he even painted for Empress Dowager Cixi on the second visit. Hubert Vos’s broad experiences expanded his ar
Apart from executing commission of portraits for lucrative remuneration，Vos started painting interior sceneries and still-life objects later. His studio in New York was very spacious and filled with rare and valuable treasures from the remote Orient. The majority of the collection was Chinese vases and tables in oriental style. In the eyes of Vos，the sophisticated and exquisite “lifeless objects” were charmingly poetic and served as the b
The classic traditional composition and the vivid materiality of objects demonstrated in “Still Life 1” and “Still Life 2” remind one of French artist Jan Brueghel de Oude in the 17th century，whose still-life paintings seem to freeze time. Hubert Vos inherited the tradition of Dutch painters’ excellent skills in expressing different materiality. All delicate flowers，gilded bronze，patterned table cloth，or oriental porcelain demon
127 x 86 cm.50 x 33 7/8 in.
Signed in English on lower right
PROVENANCE William A. Smith Gallery，Plainfield，New Hampshire，U.S.
Private Collection，U.S.
HUBERT•VOS 1855-1935
Hubert Vos was a famous American Dutch portrait artist who painted portraits for Dutch Queen，King of Korea，Ambassadors of Russia to the United Kingdom，and many nobility and authorities. Vos was renowned as royal court painter. He visited China in 1899 and 1905 to paint portrait for Qingqin King，Li Hung Chang and Yuan Shikai，and he even painted for Empress Dowager Cixi on the second visit. Hubert Vos’s broad experiences expanded his ar
Apart from executing commission of portraits for lucrative remuneration，Vos started painting interior sceneries and still-life objects later. His studio in New York was very spacious and filled with rare and valuable treasures from the remote Orient. The majority of the collection was Chinese vases and tables in oriental style. In the eyes of Vos，the sophisticated and exquisite “lifeless objects” were charmingly poetic and served as the b
The classic traditional composition and the vivid materiality of objects demonstrated in “Still Life 1” and “Still Life 2” remind one of French artist Jan Brueghel de Oude in the 17th century，whose still-life paintings seem to freeze time. Hubert Vos inherited the tradition of Dutch painters’ excellent skills in expressing different materiality. All delicate flowers，gilded bronze，patterned table cloth，or oriental porcelain demon
Upper estimate price exceeded by 61 %.
The work Chrysanthemums On The Table by Hubert Vos was auctioned at China Guardian in Hong Kong in October 2015. It achieved a price of HKD 483,800.00 (€ 56,520.74), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 61%. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Hubert Vos; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Gifts From Empress Cixi I sold at auction in April 2015 with the realized price of HKD 667,000.00 (€ 77,085.65).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 61 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Chrysanthemums On The Table von Hubert Vos kam im Oktober 2015 bei China Guardian in Hong Kong zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von HKD 483.800,00 (€ 56.520,74) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 61%. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Hubert Vos; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Gifts From Empress Cixi I im April 2015 mit dem Hammerpreis von HKD 667.000,00 (€ 77.085,65).
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