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128 Over the centuries Chinese painters have returned to the foundations
LI HUAYI (B.1948) of the Chinese landscape painting tradition by reviving the landscape
Mountain Gorge style of the Five Dynasties and Northern Song periods (907-1127)
Ink and color on paper, mounted, framed and glazed, signed by the and the early masterpieces by artists Li Cheng (919-967) and Guo
artist Li Huayi, with an artist’s seal Li Huayi. Xi (ca. 1060-1080). Drawn to the dramatic soaring mountains and
25 3/4 x 52 3/4in (65.5 x 134cm) atmospheric renderings of the natural world’s order, successive waves
of Chinese painters sought to capture the majestic spirit and sublime
$100,000 - 150,000 power of the monumental style.

李華弌 重巒涧壑 設色紙本 鏡框 In the Yuan Dynasty Sheng Mou (ca. 1310-1350) and Wang Meng
(1308-1385) continued with the Li-Guo tradition, and in the 17th
Provenance: century, Dong Qichang (1555-1636) revived the Northern Song
Kaikodo, New York, purchased 4 November 2002 masters’ methods in his forging of a “Great Synthesis” of the traditions
of Chinese landscape painting. Dong Qichang wrote that the structural
來源： power of Li Cheng’s landscapes was due to the artist’s approach in
2002年11月4日購於紐約懷古堂 building the mountains from the sides, as opposed to a more primitive,
full frontal viewpoint:

雲山皆依側邊起勢,不用两邊合成

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