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Created by Wen Chang-Shun (1925-2005) in 1985, this work uses ink painting to paint the imagery in the poem of the Tang-dynasty poet Wang Wei, "Passing by the Temple of Garnering Incense," to express the babbling mountain spring passing through the crags and the glacial frosty gleams of the sunlight shining on the pine trees. Inscription: "Spring water over stones and rocks of riprap sobs. Daylight diffuses coldness through pines of layered green. Fang-Zhou, October, Year of Yi Chou, Cultural Center Teacher-Student Joint Exhibition." Head seal: "Pleasing " (relief); Name seal: "Wen" (relief) "Fang-Zhou" (intaglio).
With a vertical layout, the painting depicts a running waterfall amid towering mountains, boulders, and green pine forests. The waterfall and pine forest are juxtaposed perpendicularly, nearly in parallel to each other. The pine trees in the foreground are even taller than the mountain boulders in the back to further accentuate their colossal height stretching into the clouds. A white cloth-like waterfall pours down to form enshrouding mists and give off a sense of immeasurable space. The crags and pine leaves are smudged with flower blue pigments of varied gradations to echo the frosty gleams in the poem. The trees are dotted with reddish-brown leaves to add a touch of warmth to the painting. The painting follows the classical ink brush tradition yet with innovative composition and coloring.
Wen Chang-Shun is predominately engaged in eastern gouache creation featuring localized views of flowers and birds in lovely, elegant colors, as well as frosty, magnificent landscapes. This work adopts ink painting colorization, simple, with no added embellishments, plus ingenious choices of shading, full of poetics.
With a vertical layout, the painting depicts a running waterfall amid towering mountains, boulders, and green pine forests. The waterfall and pine forest are juxtaposed perpendicularly, nearly in parallel to each other. The pine trees in the foreground are even taller than the mountain boulders in the back to further accentuate their colossal height stretching into the clouds. A white cloth-like waterfall pours down to form enshrouding mists and give off a sense of immeasurable space. The crags and pine leaves are smudged with flower blue pigments of varied gradations to echo the frosty gleams in the poem. The trees are dotted with reddish-brown leaves to add a touch of warmth to the painting. The painting follows the classical ink brush tradition yet with innovative composition and coloring.
Wen Chang-Shun is predominately engaged in eastern gouache creation featuring localized views of flowers and birds in lovely, elegant colors, as well as frosty, magnificent landscapes. This work adopts ink painting colorization, simple, with no added embellishments, plus ingenious choices of shading, full of poetics.
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