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Green Mountains
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Colored washes evoke the idyllic blue-and-green landscapes of classical Chinese painting with a luminous clarity, yet the hue is untraditional. The varied tones of green give the work a more Western watercolor style, but the brushwork is unmistakably Chinese. An artist without formal training in painting and calligraphy, Xia Yifu developed an individual technique that could capture the monumentality of traditional landscapes.
Chu-tsing Li said of Xia’s work: “We can see a reflection of the artist’s own inner nature, as well as the embodiment of the intricacies of nature, the desire for transcendence and release from mortal life, and a realm in which everything, including one’s self, is forgotten.”
Rights: © Xia Yifu (Hsia I-fu)
Department of Asian Art
Xia Yifu Taiwan (1990s-by 2004?) gift or sold?; to Chu-tsing Li Lawrence Kansas (by 2004?-2012) gift; to his son B U.K. Li Milwaukee Wisconsin (2012-2014) gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2014.
Footnotes:
1. Dr. Chu-tsing Li (1920-2014)
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Chu-tsing Li Collection Gift of B U.K. Li in memory of Chu-tsing Li Yao-wen Kwang Li and Teri Ho Li
Title: Green Mountains
Description:
Colored washes evoke the idyllic blue-and-green landscapes of classical Chinese painting with a luminous clarity, yet the hue is untraditional.
The varied tones of green give the work a more Western watercolor style, but the brushwork is unmistakably Chinese.
An artist without formal training in painting and calligraphy, Xia Yifu developed an individual technique that could capture the monumentality of traditional landscapes.
Chu-tsing Li said of Xia’s work: “We can see a reflection of the artist’s own inner nature, as well as the embodiment of the intricacies of nature, the desire for transcendence and release from mortal life, and a realm in which everything, including one’s self, is forgotten.
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