ZHANG DAQIAN 張大千 (Neijiang, China, 1899 - 1983)

Scholar under a pine tree

20th Century

Study of a solitary scholar stood in the shade of a pine tree, his hands behind his back and holding a fly-whisk

Ink and colour on paper, mounted as a hanging scroll

Artist's colophon and two red seals

Together with a wood box

122cm high, 51cm wide

張大千 松下高士

二十世紀

設色紙本 立軸

款識：

長松磊磊多奇節，冬無霜雪夏無熱。

根頭更為千歲苓，問誰與說長生訣。

錄有張大千書。

鈐印：「張爰之印」、「大千」

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PROVENANCE:

UK Private Collection

來源：

英國私人收藏

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Zhang Daqian was born in 1899 in Sichuan province during the final years of the Qing Dynasty. Born into an artistic family, he was first taught to paint by his mother and older siblings. He later spent a short time as a novice in a Buddhist monastery in order to escape a pre-arranged marriage, and it was here the name Daqian was given to him. In 1917 he left for Japan to study weaving and textile dying in Kyoto. He further his studies in painting and calligraphy under the tutelage of Zeng Xi (1861-1930) and Li Ruiqing (1867-1920), and personally studied the ‘individualist’ artists Shitao (1642-ca.1710) and Bada Shanren (ca. 1626-1705), both of the latter being yimin artists active soon after the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

Like many other Chinese artists born in the late-19th century, the political turmoil and social upheaval that defined the following decades provided the young artist with both challenges and opportunities. Zhang Daqian was renowned for mastering many painting techniques, and his oeuvre included detailed portraits and dramatic, expressive ink-splashed landscapes. Straddling the intersection between traditional Chinese painting techniques and more-radical aesthetic expressions, Zhang Daqian is regarded as one of China's most important artists.

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