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Artwork Analysis
Chen Tsung-Chen (1948-2020), from Longjing, Taichung, was appointed in 1973 to teach at the Taoyuan St. Francis Xavier High School, which he did until retiring. Chen could be seen mostly in the Taoyuan area. Chen’s creative process was much influenced by Ji You-Quan (1909-1993), Chen Jing-Hui (1911-1968), and Fu Chuan-Fu (1910-2007), namely, their ideas of ink painting, as well as the elements of poetry and calligraphy. With their influence, Chen has developed an ink painting style that integrates the traditional and the modern.
Mountainous outdoor landscapes were Chen’s main painting motif until 1998. During this period, the subject matter of his paintings was predominantly poetic countryside travelogues. The swirling mountain mists, for instance, are depicted to hint at a Shangri-la hidden deep in the clouds, reflecting Chen’s state of mind and his creative process of modeling after nature during this period. Inscription: "Spring Mountains in the Mist, Spring, Year of Jia Zi, 1984, Man of the Countryside." Intaglio seal: "Chen Tsung-Chen." In terms of expression techniques, the painting demonstrates an ink painting brushwork of traditional colorization, carrying on Chen’s traditional landscape painting characteristics acquired during his art college student days. He has employed a great deal of blotting and brushing Cun and smudging techniques to layer the undulating mountains. Where the Cun technique is heavily applied, the mountain boulders are shown rough and rugged, and where there is much smudging, the moist is visible in the mountain crags. The foreground is dotted with red leaves to keep a visual balance and simultaneously enhance the image’s expressiveness.
Mountainous outdoor landscapes were Chen’s main painting motif until 1998. During this period, the subject matter of his paintings was predominantly poetic countryside travelogues. The swirling mountain mists, for instance, are depicted to hint at a Shangri-la hidden deep in the clouds, reflecting Chen’s state of mind and his creative process of modeling after nature during this period. Inscription: "Spring Mountains in the Mist, Spring, Year of Jia Zi, 1984, Man of the Countryside." Intaglio seal: "Chen Tsung-Chen." In terms of expression techniques, the painting demonstrates an ink painting brushwork of traditional colorization, carrying on Chen’s traditional landscape painting characteristics acquired during his art college student days. He has employed a great deal of blotting and brushing Cun and smudging techniques to layer the undulating mountains. Where the Cun technique is heavily applied, the mountain boulders are shown rough and rugged, and where there is much smudging, the moist is visible in the mountain crags. The foreground is dotted with red leaves to keep a visual balance and simultaneously enhance the image’s expressiveness.
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