Interpretation of the work:

"THE SPINNING PRAYER WHEELS" is one of Mr. Shi Guoliang's representative works on the theme of "Tibetan Religion" in "Humanist Realistic Figure Painting in Ink and Color", and it is also his highest auction record with 11.73 million yuan. Tibetan religion is the main subject of Shi Guoliang's figure paintings. Tibet is a religious people, and they believe in reincarnation, and the suffering in this life is due to insufficient cultivation in previous lives. Only by accumulating virtue and doing good deeds and helping others can they live a good life in the next life, so they have to practice and worship the Buddha. In this work, a resolute man, a virtuous wife, a budding baby, a pious little boy, a kind old man, a shy big girl, a mother with a little girl on her back, and a beautiful menstrual girl, plus two dogs who are worshiped as gods in the hearts of Tibetans, although the nine characters in the picture have different expressions, what they have in common is the purity and happiness in their hearts, which is the humanist thought that Shi Guoliang wants to express.

Type of print: silks print

Limited edition of prints: 199 sets each.

Mounting method: suspended mounting, hand-torn edge.

Autograph: the name of the work, the number and number of editions, and signature

Project master: Shi Guoliang, a representative figure of "Ink and Wash Humanistic Realistic Figure Painting".

About the Artist:

Shi Guoliang was born in Beijing in 1956. He is a contemporary Chinese painter, a member of the Chinese Artists Association, a first-class artist of the China National Academy of Painting, a researcher of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Painting, a researcher of the Chinese Academy of Arts, and a visiting professor of the Department of Fine Arts of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Capital Normal University. Since 2010, Shi Guoliang has been on the Hurun Chinese Art List for 15 consecutive years, and has entered the top 10 three times, with more than 3,000 auction transactions and more than 100 works sold for millions or tens of millions of yuan.

Auction of Shi Guoliang's works:

"The Spinning Prayer Wheels": Yonghe, Henan in 2014, 11.73 million yuan.

"Daolang Muqam": 2014 Beijing Ginza, 10.12 million yuan.

"Worship Buddha": 2013 Beijing Poly, 9.43 million yuan.

"Riot": 2016 Royal Treasure Jiahe, 7.24 million yuan.

"Empty Door": 2014 Sheng Shibao, 6.9 million yuan.