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Cao Zhibai, which can also be pronounced Cao Zhibo, was born 曹知白於宋朝末年出生在松江的一個顯赫世家。他年輕時因為成
功治理水利工程而名利雙收。拜訪過元大都之後不久,曹知白便
into a distinguished Songjiang family in the fnal years of the Song
dynasty and gained fame and wealth in his early years as a successful 決定退休歸隱,過起了隱居的文人生活。他時常宴請志同道合的
朋友黃公望、倪瓚等人一起援琴雅歌,吟詩作畫。他的畫作享有
engineer of water-control projects. After a brief visit to the Yuan 盛譽,許多現存畫作都是為貴族所作。
capital, Cao retired to his extensive estate and led the life of a retired
literati. He frequently and generously entertained many like-minded 曹知白承襲郭熙李成的作畫風格,畫技傑出精妙。在他的畫中,
friends, including Huang Gongwang and Ni Zan. In his day, he was 草木山石皆有遠近大小之不同,風格自然卻又不失對微小細節
的巧妙拿捏,各異的墨色和線條揮灑自如。樹木取代了人物聚集
very highly regarded and many of his extant paintings are dedicated to
aristocrats. 在畫作的中心,而蜿蜒迴轉的通幽曲徑更是讓平面的畫紙變得
立體生動起來(李鑄晉 《山石,樹木,曹知白的藝術》Artibus
Asiae, vol. XXII¾, 1960, 第153-208頁)。
Described as an heir of the Guo Xi-Li Cheng tradition, Cao Zhibai’s
paintings are characterized by a number of distinguishing features:
groups of natural elements, such as trees and rocks, with large
dominant ones amidst smaller, encircling subordinates; a variety of
types of brushwork, ink tones and thickness of contour lines: a strong
sense of naturalism and detail; the absence of human fgures; a cluster
of trees in the central position; and a well defned spatial relationship
with a zigzagging recession into space (Chu-tsing Li, “Rocks and
Trees and the Art of Ts’ao Chih-po,” Artibus Asiae, vol. XXIII Æ,
1960, pp. 153-208.
19 元 曹知白 江岸望山圖 水墨紙本 立軸
CAO ZHIBAI (1271-1355) 題識:
Hill Along the Riverbank 日弄霜毫遠是非,荆関咫尺世情違。
Hanging scroll, ink on paper 寒雲時向青山抹,野老遙從白社歸。
18 æ x 13 √ in (47.6 x 35.1 cm.) 幾處夕陽峰背紫,一邨流水石邊飛。
Inscribed with a poem and signed, with one seal of the artist 知君天府歸來後,閒把丹青玩翠微。
Six collectors’ seals 貞素寫賜,六良賢侯。
Titleslip inscribed, with one seal 鈐印:雲西老人
藏印:王世德珍藏記、清森閣書畫印、天水秦氏子孫保之、子孫
$250,000-300,000
世寶、濟之、震澤山房
簽條題識:曹知白畫山水真跡,容滕齋珍玩。
鈐印:□□之印
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