Huang Junbi (1898-1991)
Landscape, 1985
Ink and color on paper, mounted for framing, inscribed, dated yichou qiu ri (1985, autumn) and signed Huang Junbi with two artist's seals and one collector's seal.
15 1/2 x 21 3/4in (39.3 x 55.2cm)

Provenance

Provenance
Private Collection, San Francisco. Acquired directly from the artist.

黄君璧 溪山觀瀑 設色紙本 立軸 一九五五年作

款識：乙未夏日。君璧家台北。
鈐印：黄君璧印、君翁

來源：舊金山私人收藏。原藏家直接得自畫家本人。

Painted a few years after Huang Junbi settled in Taiwan in 1948, this painting of a lone scholar admiring a misty waterfall showcases the artist's fascination with clouds and water. In the upper portion, soft clouds lead the viewer's eye into the distant peaks, while the plunging waterfall splashes into an enveloping mist before flowing gently into the foreground river. Huang uses axe-cut strokes to define the rocky cliff cleaved by the waterfall, and hemp-fiber strokes to give volume to the foreground rocks. This composition epitomizes Huang's mature style combining traditional landscape painting and western elements.

Artist or Maker

Huang Junbi (Chinese, 1899-1991)