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Lot 8284

Liu Haisu (1896-1994)
Huangshan Landscape, 1978

28 June 2016, 12:00 PDT
San Francisco

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Liu Haisu (1896-1994)

Huangshan Landscape, 1978
Mounted for framing, ink and color on paper, titled by the artist in running script Huanghai Qiguan followed by a date of wuwu deng (winter, 1978), and signed Liu Haisu nian fang ba san (Liu Haisu at eight-three) with three seals of the artist reading Haiweng, Cengjing cang hai and Liu Haisu.
32 1/2 x 60in (82.5 x 152.4cm)

Footnotes

劉海粟 黃海奇觀 設色紙本 鏡片 一九七八年作

Exhibited and Published
Modern Chinese painting - abstract expressions of the brush, Warwick Arts Trust, 20 February-24 March 1985, no. 26 p. 11

Anhui's Yellow Mountain (Huangshan) has inspired Chinese landscape painters for centuries, entranced by its wondrous rocky spires, expressive pines and cloud-filled gorges. Liu Haisu visited the mountain ten times, and the dramatic views became a favorite subject matter for his later paintings. The contrast of the brightly splashed mineral reds and blues juxtaposed by the unpainted areas representing the billowing clouds evinces the artist's training in European oil painting as well as his deep understanding of traditional Chinese landscape painting.

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