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Image Size: 27 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches (70cm x 60cm)

Signed (lower left)

Ai Xuan was born in 1947 in Zhejiang, China and studied at the prestigious Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), graduating in 1967. He is one of the most successful contemporary Chinese painters. Ai Xuan is also the son of one of China’s most loved poets Ai Qing, and the brother to one of China’s most well-known artists in the west, Ai Weiwei. Ai Xuan joined the army and was sent to Sichuan, where he started to get his first glimpses of Tibet. Taking his passion for painting and travel, he fell in love with Tibet and this has inspired his popular Tibetan series ever since.Ai Xuan is also somewhat of a contradiction. He defines himself as a realist painter and believes that the more realistic a painting, the better. Yet none of his works are based on scenes that he observed or photographed at a specific moment in time, he takes to his work like a movie director.His continued focus and dedication to his Tibetan series, coupled with the time hungry process of capturing and creating such detailed works has undoubtedly helped to create the strong and stable market for his works that is evidenced in his auction record, which has consistently seen his average auction price exceed $300k USD every year since 2010.