Film
A Nude Painting Sold for RMB 270 Million. She Made It Possible
Sanyu is widely regarded as one of the most important Chinese artists of the twentieth century and the only member of his generation of Paris-trained Chinese artists to truly enter the core of the Western art world. Today, demand for his work is intense, and his auction record surpassed RMB 270 million in 2019. Behind that rise stands more than thirty years of research and advocacy by Yi Shufan, whose work has been essential to Sanyu's rediscovery.
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Sanyu is widely regarded as one of the most important Chinese artists of the twentieth century and the only member of his generation of Paris-trained Chinese artists to truly enter the core of the Western art world. Today, demand for his work is intense, and his auction record surpassed RMB 270 million in 2019. Behind that rise stands more than thirty years of research and advocacy by Yi Shufan, whose work has been essential to Sanyu's rediscovery.