A signed oil on canvas impasto painting titled 'Bull' by Chinese artist Yichu Li. This powerful work captures the energy and strength of the animal through thick, textured brushstrokes.

Details:
Artist: Yichu Li (Chinese Artist) 
Title: 'Bull'
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 60 x 80 cm 
Condition Report Good
Provenance: Private collection
Notes: Signed lower left.

About the artist:
Born in Sanyuan, Shaanxi in 1968, a painter living in the United States. Graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, studied under famous artists such as Jin Shangyi, Li Tianxiang, Zhao Youping, Yang Feiyun, etc., tutor and associate professor of the oil painting studio of Beijing Humanities University. Since 2006, he has cooperated with Yashe Gallery in New Jersey, USA, and in 2010, he has cooperated with Guardian Gallery in Beijing 798 Art District. 　　His works have been exhibited in the National Art Museum of China four times, and won the highest silver award. Participated in Shanghai International Art Fair and Beijing International Art Fair, all works were sold out. In May 2011, the first personal oil painting special auction in the history of Shaanxi painting was successfully held in Liangbaolou, Xi'an, and 83 of 96 works were sold. In April 2012, it was published in "Star. Art magazine published 11 works, which were affirmed academically. In 2012, he began to participate in the Nine Cities Joint Exhibition, and was shortlisted for the sales list of the Nine Cities Joint Exhibition for two consecutive years. In November 2013, he was named the "Most Popular Oil Painter" of the Nine Cities Joint Exhibition. Exhibition Description The biggest feature of Mr. Li Yichu's works is their vividness, which is based on his direct sketching and real perception of nature. In today's complex art category, Li Yichu has always insisted on sketching, especially in today's era of material desires and quick success. There are several art forms, such as naturalism in painting, formalism in modern art, rationalism, idealism, academicism, expressionism... How many of them are for the inner needs of the arrogant and domineering subject, and for the image of the external world? The euphemistic name is "deformation", but how many of them have become patterns and concepts that imprison the artist's mind? Looking at Li Yichu's sketches in recent years, we can easily see his artistic path based on the relationship between self and nature. Seeing him go back to the source of the soul, the source of self-cognition of good fortune, the source of art, and trace the source through the numerous art schools, and use the artistic method of sketching to take a "true" journey to the world , walking the journey from the mind to the picture through sketching.