Lot
650
Ravenel Spring Auction 2019
Ravenel Spring Auction 2019
Chinese Culture University; Kiosk in Springtime; Pavilion on a Cloud-Clad Hill; Village under the Misty Mountains
(A set of four)
LONG Chin-san
(Taiwanese, 1892 - 1995)
Signature
With eight seals of the artist
ILLUSTRATED:
Landscape on Negatives: A Special Exhibition of Long Chin-San's Photographic Works , Cultural Relics Press, Beijing, 2012, p.73
Long Chin-San , Shanghai Cultural Publishing House, Shanghai, 2014, p.31;
Image of China: 20th-century Chinese Photography Masters: Lang Jingshan , Cultural Development Press, Beijing, 2013, p.46
Long Chin-San , JiaugsuRenmin Chubanshe, Jiansu, 2012, p. 50
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Four works by Long Chin-San are gelatin silver prints, sharing similar composition of traditional landscape through photography. The works suggest a realization of life through Chan philosophy, that nature is interrelated. Representation of such vast landscape in the Eastern and Western composition is a challenge to artists. This started Cubism in 1906, with an attempt to strike a balance between an artist’s experience and way of representation. Gelatin silver print became popular in the 1990s in Shanghai. With such modern technology, Long Chin-San was able to express landscape in an ancient poetic description, creating a majestic art piece.
