Zhiyue Zheng. Born 1957.
Family Downtime. 2008. Oil on canvas. 24 x 30. Provenance: the artist; Westport River Gallery, CT. Signed and dated, lower right Housed in a gold 29 7/8 x 35 7/8-inch frame. $2,500.
Himalayan Bonding. 2008. Oil on canvas. 24 x 24. Provenance: the artist; Westport River Gallery, CT. Provenance: a New York private collection. Signed and dated, lower right. Housed in a gold 29 1/2 x 29 1/2-inch frame. $2,250.
In this charming scene, a young woman, clad in striking tribal dress holds her pony. A group of traditional Tibetan yurts is seen in the background. Nomads use horses for riding and transporting supplies, but do not milk nor eat them. The grazing lands of Amdo in northeast Tibet have long been renowned for producing good horses. This area is also the home of the legendary Golok tribes, excellent horsemen descended from ancestral nomads who considered it bad manners to walk even when exchanging greetings between one tent and another. Although horses play only a minor economic role in Tibetan nomads’ lives, and their numbers are never anywhere near as large as those found among nomads in Mongolia, horses do help to create special attitudes and values among Tibetan nomads. Horsemanship is a highly regarded skill and throughout the Tibetan pastoral area, horse races and various contests are held that test both the horsemen’s skills and the horses’ performance.
Zheng Zhiyue is a Chinese artist born in 1957. He studied at Central Academy of Art and Design and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. In the mid 1980's, Zhiyue immigrated to the United States, where from 1989 to 1992 he studied at Chen Yifei Studio in New York and worked as an arts assistant. He conducted a solo exhibition in New Jersey and his painting series of Tibet was well received. Born in Shanghai, Zheng studied at Central Academy of Art and Design and Shanghai Jiao Tong University respectively. From 1989 to 1992 had been studying at the Chen Yifei Studio in New York and working as an assistant. He had a solo exhibition in New Jersey and his painting series of Tibet was well received.
Original oil paintings by Asian master Zheng are always on display. His extraordinary works, portraying the heartland of Tibet, not only illustrate the beauty and simplicity of daily survival in a small village, but they create a vivacious mood that captures the intense emotions of the human experience. Born in Shanghai in 1957, Zheng studied at the Central Arts Institute in Beijing and Shanghai Jiao Tong UniAa_zhengversity. Since 1981 he has created over thirty books and was awarded major prizes by the China National Art Preview for his illustrations in â??World Literature Anthologyâ? and â??Second World War Anthology.â? His work has sold worldwide, including the major auction houses. Gallery owners Pat and Ken Warren have know the artist before they opened the gallery four years ago, having also collected his works.
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