oil on canvas by Lu Hua.............................Vilas Art

The cities of ChengDu and ChongQing in the province of of Sichuan in western China are amongst the most important cultural centres in Asia. During the gradual opening the gradual opening up of the country over the past 15 years, visitors from outside China have gravitated to the commercial centres, such as Beijing and Shanghai, and the more distant provinces such as Sichuan remain little known outside China itself.

Vilas Fine Art in joint collaboration with John Bloxham, has been developing artistic links with China for some years, John visited the province earlier this year and was greatly impressed by the high quality of the work being done there. This exhibition will provide an opportunity to see some of these unique collection outside the British Museum. A few of the artists have had a formal training at art school, but the majority have learnt their trade in the traditional way, at the feet of a Master. As well as oil on canvas there will be an opportunity to see a collection of stunning woodcuts on show. This medium has been overlooked for many years and is very affordable field of collecting until recently only appreciated by a knowing few.

I.C.A.S./ Vilas Fine Art is owned and run by the Vilas family, who has more than 20 years experience in fine art. The Gallery has developed in the last five years in Letchworth Garden City, the world`s First garden city - UK, to bring together regular exhibitions by established International artists, with its portfolio of primary artists and visiting artists from abroad. The aim of our collection, is to make works like the current exhibtion, accessible to the art lovers in the region, and to meet the growing demand for quality Contemporary Arts for Corporate and private collectors.

Artists: British - Gordon King; Charles Willmott; John Mills; Jodi Philips; Eddie Miller; Rod Diggens;
.............European - Ellias Garralda; Manuel Lances;
.............Indian - Dattatraya Padekar;
.............African - Gabriel Ellison; Muza; Millie Wood Swanepoel;

Opening Hours: 9-00am to 6-00pm, Monday - Saturday, or evening upto 8-30pm and Sunday by appointments.

Artists of Sichuan

Lu Hau - born in GuangDong province in 1963. With his father, who was an army major, young Lu Hua travelled extensively in China. During this time he taught himself traditional Chinese watercolour painting. After leaving school at the age of 15, like most Chinese of the time, he was required to work in a fertilizer factory for nearly nine years. However, in 1987, he was finally admitted to Iu Xun College of Art where he studied oil painting. His style is Realist and he understands very well the need to master both traditional and more modern skills. He presently teaches art in ChengDu in Sichuan province.

Li Zong Le - born in ChenDu in 1949. His father was an engraver of seals. At the age of sixteen he attended the Sichuan College of Art. Four years later, he went to work as a farmer in a remote area of the highlands of Tibet and over the next eight years he became familiar with Tibetan lifestyle and custom. During this time he developed his skill as a painter, and established a solid foundation for his work. He subsequently returned to the Sichuan college of Art where he studied woodcuts. Most of his works are drawn from his life in Tibet. He is inspired by straightforward and simple images and his pictures are immensely powerful and dramatic. He is presently teaching art in ChengDu as an associate professor and his works have been exhibited widely and he has won many awards and competitions. He is a member of the association of Chinese artists as well as the association of Chinese Prints.

Luo Fa Hui - born in ChongQing in 1961, his interest in art started at a very young age with copying pictures from his grandfather`s collections, who was a very successful businessman trading salt between Sichuan province and Japan in the early 1900`s. He was one of the few lucky people who was able to follow the formal path in Art education in China at that time. In 1981, he gratuated from the Affiliated School of Sichuan Fine Art Institue and subsequently, he graduated from the Sichuan Fine Institue in 1985. During these seven years, he acquired a strong basic knowledge of painting. However, with the opening up of China to the outside world, he had a chance to study traditional Chinese art as well as making a survey of world art history and new artistic concepts. He is now teaching in Sichuan educational University.

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Gallery Events
2001

A DEDICATION TO DANCE
17 February - 4 March 2001
I.C.A.S./ Vilas Art Exhibition to contribute to the relief funds for the victims of the earthquake in Gujarat - India.
" The Directors have offered to contribute 20% of the proceeds from sale of the exhibition to the
disaster fund appeal, set-up by the Letchworth Garden City Rotary club, for the victims of the earthquake..., "
FESTIVAL OF Female Form.
Spirits of Africa
Visiting show and exhibitions
Pyrenees Romantic Landscapes.
Colours of LIFE
I.C.A.E2001
Vilas Art primary gallery artists:

Gordon King ( British ) - UK`s finest figurative watercolourist
Charles Willmott ( British ) - Dance and figurative forms from the Orient
John Mills ( British ) - Bronze sculptor & painter in dance & figurative forms
Jodi Philips ( British ) - A modern contemporary abstract painter in mix medium
Dattatraya Padekar ( Indian )- one of the leading artists, landscapes & abstract
Gabriel Ellison ( Zambian ) - Landscapes, wildlife and traditional art
Millie Wood Swanepoel ( Zimbabwe ) - Ceramic sculptures

I.C.A.S.

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