At the moment the auctioneer’s hammer fell, the number “2.3 million” was frozen on the electronic screen, and there was sustained applause from the audience. A 25-year-old girl reshaped the market record for young Chinese artists with her paintbrush once again.
On June 15, at the Shanghai Spring Art Auction 2025, when the bidding for the oil painting “Flowers at Sunrise” exceeded 1 million yuan, the room began to stir. Three buyers engaged in a tug-of-war, and finally, the hammer fell at 2.3 million yuan, setting a new personal auction record of 2.622 million yuan for this young artist.
It is worth mentioning that this record was set just two years after her previous one. In the autumn auction of 2023, her portrait “Smile” was sold for 1.15 million yuan at the same auction house, making her the youngest Chinese artist at the time to break the million mark. The creation of this new record undoubtedly pushes her market value to a new height.
“Flowers at Sunrise” continues her signature “Golden Moment” aesthetics. In the painting, the
