Another Kind of Asian Beauty – Fine Art by Guan Zeju
You know, the Asian Beauty Appreciation Blog started about 4 months ago. We’ve had a series of great contributions from a number of people that included photo books, favorite gravure idols, Japanese television dramatic series, movies, gorgeous Asian actresses and models, reviews of AV and IV DVD’s, as well as just some nice articles from folks who just wanted to bring someone or something in the news to your attention.
I think the blog has gotten off to a terrific start and I wanted to thank every one who has contributed as well as to scanlover for deciding to have a community blog.
But I think there’s one area that we haven’t really discussed at all. That would be beautiful Asian women in art. By art I am referring to manga, CGI, anime, or even classical oil paintings.
There’s enough beauty in those worlds to satisfy all of us. In this post I’m going to show you some oil paintings by Chinese artist Guan Zeju. Born in 1941, he was something of a child prodigy and his early works, depicting the changes in China brought about during the days when Chairman Mao’s policies created great upheavals in society, attracted notice. But paintings depicting the changes in a society are not what we have for you today.
Our artist eventually made his way to the USA and as he took notice of the beauty in the world of ballet he discovered something that he could paint superbly.
His ballet paintings attracted serious art collectors, and his works were coveted in the international world of art. Guan Zeju published a collection of his ballet paintings in a book in 2000. The title was Guan Zeju: Selected Ballet Paintings.
But we aren’t going to show you those paintings either, okay – just one – as I’ve done a piece about those on my own blog.
What we have for you today is a series of works of art by Guan Zeju which are either exquisitely beautiful women, or beautiful women in exquisite settings.
There’s no better terms to describe these paintings beyond those that readily come to mind: breath-taking, exquisite, superb, marvelous, and wonderful.
These works are the creations of a man who simply adores women. I don’t have to spend a lot of time explaining to you why these paintings are so masterful.
Your own eyes are the only things you need. My words won’t really matter. It’s quite easy – the first painting at the top of this page is what made you read more.
The artist is Chinese as are the models. The technique has been called classic realism by some, and hyper-realism by others. However you categorize these paintings is really up to you. But since this blog is for the Appreciation of Asian Beauty; I think these paintings are a perfect topic for this blog.
Link to Guan Zeju’s Ballet Paintings –> Here
This is great,thanks!,especially because many Chinese women are living,breathing works of art in and of themselves,and it is wonderful that someone took the time to immortalize them on canvas,and also that you took the time to bring them to our attention by portraying them here,a beautiful and welcome getaway from the digital world,beauty is the best antidote for the ailments of mankind.
Much appreciation!
Thanks – personally I enjoy beautiful Asian ladies however we get to see them. But paintings which begin as a blank canvas then become a complex yet stirringly beautiful visual treat are truly something special.
jmm