PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTOR WANG JIYUAN (1893-1975)Four Gentleman, 1957 Handscroll, ink on paper, titled and signed by the artist at the beginning of the painting, with artist's seals Jiyuan shuhua (2), Ji (4), Xin yu tian you , a colophon at the end and dated 1957. 10 7/8 x 156 1/4in (27 x 397cm) 王濟遠 四君子 水墨紙本 手卷 一九五七年作 Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, thence by descent 來源： 藏家直接得自藝術家，後代遞藏 TEXT TO PRECEDE LOT Wang Jiyuan (Wang Chi-yuan) was born in Wujin, Jiangsu province. In China, he was an early exponent of European style painting, collaborating with Liu Haisu (1896-1994) to form the Tianma Society to promote French-style Salon exhibitions in Shanghai, and counted Pan Yuliang (1895-1977) among his students. He first arrived in the United States in San Francisco during 1941. In November 1942, he moved to New York, where he would spend the rest of his life as a painter and teacher of traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy, although he continued to work in oils as well. In the United States he often exhibited his works with Zhang Daqian and C.C. Wang. Wang Jiyuan's paintings not only reflect his understanding of Chinese brushwork, but he continued to seek to incorporate European approaches to painting. The current lot, a traditional Chinese subject of bamboo painted in oil on canvas, is an excellent example of his attempt to bridge the two aesthetics. For more on Wang Jiyuan's life and work, see Gordon Chang, Mark Dean Johnson, Paul J. Karlstrom, and Sharon Spain, Asian American Art: A History, 1850-1970 , Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press, 2008. The following collection of Wang Jiyuan paintings was acquired by the present owner from her father Nicholas E. Bosta, who was close friends with the artist. Mr. Bosta met him when hemissioned Wang Jiyuan to paint a mural in the new Frank Lloyd Wright research tower of the Johnson Wax building in Racine Wisconsin in the 40's. Mr. Bosta continued to stay friends with Wang over the years, and the artist gave him several paintings.