CHAU TRAN, born 1949 in southern Vietnam as a son of south-chinese parents from the province Canton, China.
chinese name Chen Ying Yi 陳英義, pseudonym QING LIAN 青濂.
In traditional chinese art and literature and also in normal life the seals plays an important role. The seal is regarded as a signature, a feature of the owner. Artists have carved their names, family names, pseudonyms, names of their studio or workroom in seals. Furthermore own excerpts, conclusions and texts are engraved in a seal and being used as a printout in a work of art.
Every seal is a unicum, by which the works of an artists can be recognized. Imitating the seal or copying the text of the artist is regarded as criminal counterfeit. For a new created painting CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) often needs a new seal, to make the seal match perfectly to the painting. The artistic seal has always been an important element of all of the works of CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN). With seals such as "Thoughts in RED" "Contentment of the heart" The artistic seal are cut with different kinds of types. Some are more than a thousand years old. Today these fonts are only used for calligraphy and artistic seals. |
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| CHEN/TRAN © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
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QING LIAN © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
QING LIAN © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
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| QING LIAN © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
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QING LIAN © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
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| QING LIAN © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
QING LIAN © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
Inner thoughts © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
Inner thoughts © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
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| Contentment of the heart © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
Contentment of the heart © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
Keep character © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
Long live mankind © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
Inner thoughts © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
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| Age of the 90ies © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
Age of the 90ies © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
CHEN QING LIAN © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
CHEN QING LIAN seal © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
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| Age of the 90ies © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
Luck of leisure © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
YING YI © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
YING YI © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
YING YI © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
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| Thoughts in red © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
Tribe of the CHEN/TRAN © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
Tribe of the CHEN/TRAN © CHAU TRAN (QING LIAN) |
...to be continued...
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