Frogs under Lotus
$500
DING YANYONG (1902-1978)
Frogs under Lotus
Scroll, mounted for framing, ink on paper
140.1 x 69.8 cm. (55 1⁄8 x 27 ½ in.)
Inscribed and signed,with one seal of the artist
Dated spring, dingwei year (1967)
Dedicated to Shiming
NOTE:
The recipient of the painting, Shiming, refers to Chiu Sai Ming (1905-2004), father of Prof. L. Y. Chiu, and a native of Chenghai, Guangdong. He graduated from the Western Painting Department of the Guangzhou Municipal School of Fine Arts in 1926, being a member of the first graduating class of that school. His younger brother is the renowned Lingnan school artist Zhao Shiguang (1916-2007).