Lot 639
Pavilions Overlooking to the Sea
PU Hsin-yu (Taiwanese, 1896 - 1963)
Ink and colour on paper, framed
56 x 21 cm
Estimate
TWD 550,000-850,000
HKD 134,000-207,000
USD 17,200-26,600
CNY 126,000-194,000
Sold Price
Signature
Signed Hsin-yu in Chinese
With three seals of the artist
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Taipei
With three seals of the artist
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Taipei
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This work is made with a classical landscape composition of the Northern Song school, having a dense structure, looming mountains with a sense of serenity. Pu Hsin-yu composed this scholarly painting with landscape on the left in light dry ink, swift smooth and chiseled cun strokes for the rugged rocks forming a mountain. Dots on the top represent dense vegetation and light and shadow of the rocks. Green and turquoise in dense and light ink are used on the landscape. Cliffs emerge from the side overlooking the river creating depth and a mystic surrounding. Trees were painted in strokes of the Southern school, with thick and dry ink to express nostalgia, scattered trees at the center from the Yuan artists, lines, dots and spread for the lustrous vegetation and lofty buildings. Willows at the bottom are painted in green with crab strokes highlighting the style of the Southern School. Pavilions at the centre were meticulously depicted. The absence of crowd and the inscription of poem by Tang Mu suggest the artist’s nostalgic loneliness after the relocation to Taiwan.
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