Max Liu Chi Wei, Homage to Paul Klee, 1992

Mixed media
50 × 70 cm (visible), 77 × 97 × 2 cm (framed, if applicable)
Condition: Very good
Artwork located in Taiwan

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Max Liu (Chinese, b. 1912-2002) was a self-taught artist outside the formal academy system whose journey with art began in 1949 after visiting an exhibition by Xiang Hong at Zhongshan Hall in Taipei. Inspired, he started experimenting with watercolor painting and translating art books. In 1971, he resigned from his government position to become a full-time artist. Liu integrated art anthropology and indigenous cultural field studies into his work, striving to promote art while expressing his love for nature and ecological conservation.

Liu's work reflects the simplicity and innocence characteristic of the expressionist painter Paul Klee.