Meifen Zhong "Lost in Daydream" Oil on Canvas, Porcelain Portrait Painting in Blue, Shanghai Chinese Art, Original 31.5 X 31.5 Inches, 2025

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In this porcelain portrait painting in oil on canvas by Shanghai artist Meifen Zhong, a girl with a round, porcelain-pale … Read more In this porcelain portrait painting in oil on canvas by Shanghai artist Meifen Zhong, a girl with a round, porcelain-pale face looks up and back over her shoulder, wide gray eyes unfocused and lips in a small red pout, as if she had just lost the thread of a thought. Green and olive curls roll across her head like glazed ceramic, each wave catching a hard white highlight, while the cheeks blush peach and the cool shadows fade to powder blue. The ground is a deep, even teal. Zhong, born in Shanghai and trained at the China Academy of Art, handles oil so fluidly that it reads as fired clay, with warmth glowing beneath a cold, fragile surface.

Square and generous, it makes a quiet statement above a console, a sofa or a bed. The teal and olive tones pair well with oatmeal linen, walnut and aged brass, and the pale skin lifts a deep wall without losing its glow. It also suits a library, a dressing room or a moody dining space where a striking portrait is wanted. This piece is unframed and will be shipped unstretched, carefully rolled in a protective tube for safer international transportation.

Oil on Canvas, 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.5 in (80 × 80 cm).

Meifen Zhong works in oil on stretched canvas, using subtle gradations of light and meticulous brushwork to build a glossy, porcelain-like surface. The restrained compositions let each face carry the whole painting.

Meifen Zhong (b. 1986, China) is a painter based in Shanghai. Immersed in visual art and music from childhood, she graduated from the China Academy of Art in 2010 and has worked across oil, drawing and egg tempera ever since. Her practice centers on portraiture and the quiet intensity of human presence, with a particular attention to porcelain-like surfaces that are smooth, luminous and fragile. See less