Artist: Li Qiujun 李秋君 (1899 - 1973)Title: Cicada within Flower and RockInk and color on paper, Yisebiao matted, wooden framed, set behind glassPainting (Sight): Length: 37.5 cm, Width: 26.5 cmDated: In The Fifth Month of Wu Yin Year (1938)Signed/Seal(s): Each, Signed, with Artist seal Provenance: The Exceptional Collections of Lieutenant General Cai Wenzhi 蔡文治 (1911 - January 9, 1994), Courtesy Name: Dingwu 定武, Spouse: Madame Wu Peiqi 吳佩琪 (Wu Peifu's 吳佩孚's younger sister). Cai Wenzhi born in Huanggang County, Hubei Province (Xinzhou District, Wuhan City). Graduated from the ninth period of the Whampoa Military Academy and the thirteenth period of the Army University. Lieutenant General of the National Revolutionary Army.For more information about General Cai Wenzhi 蔡文治, please follow this link: http://www.LaurenAuctions.com/CaiWenzhi/The collections of General Cai Wenzhi 蔡文治 presented and offered up to auctions from Lot-97 to Lot-157ARTIST BIO: Li Qiujun 李秋君 (1899 - 1973), surnamed Zuyun, courtesy name Qiujun, used characters, and was named Ouxiang Pavilion, and he was not assigned as the owner of Ouxiang Pavilion. The Li family in Xiaogang Port, Zhenhai, Zhejiang (now Beilun District, Ningbo City). Shanghai Municipal People's Representative, Painter of Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy, Member of China Artists Association, Member of China Democratic League.At the beginning, he studied calligraphy and painting with his elder brother, and later studied under the female painter Wu Shujuan. Because his brother and Zhang Daqian were close friends, he got acquainted with him, got Zhang's advice, and greatly improved his painting skills. After 1927, together with Zhang Chenbo, Jiang Xiaoyao, Pan Yuliang and others, he founded an art garden in Shanghai. In 1929, he joined the Bee Painting Society and later served as a director of the Chinese Painting Society. In 1933, he served as the director of the Shanghai Hechuang Chinese Women's Painting and Calligraphy Association. In 1937, he worked with He Xiangning to support the Anti-Japanese War. In 1962, he was elected as the Shanghai Municipal People's Representative. She was unmarried all her life and kept Danqing as her companion.品相报告: Over all in EXCELLENT Condition. Natural imperfection on the medium (paper or silk), regardless from any major damages; includes light blooms, discoloration and minor fading. Consider normal due to the ages. Frame with normal anomalies in nature, sign of stressed surface, minor scratch & dents. Surface traced wear and or declined to gilding. Normal, consider ages and wear. The bidder assumes responsibility for ensuring that the condition of the item(s) meets with their satisfaction prior to bidding. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, and is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. LAUREN Auctions Galleries shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.