The “Blue and Green” Landscape Painting of the Early Period (1920-1940) of Chang Dai-chien: A Revival of the Traditional “Blue and Green” Style in the Twentieth Century
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美術史研究集刊, 29, 217-268
Journal
美術史研究集刊
Journal Issue
29
Pages
217-268
Date Issued
2010-09
Date
2010-09
Author(s)
Feng, Y.H.
Abstract
The use of color by Chang Dai-chien (1899-1983) is amongst the most outstanding in the twentieth century China who develops his splashed-color style in his late years. In tune with the then prevalent abstract expressionism, his semiabstract landscape paining in the color mode is, however, deeply rooted in the Chinese “Blue and Green” Landscape Painting tradition. Ever since the 1930s, Chang had systematically probed various color approaches in Chinese landscape painting throughout history and assimilated into his own landscape creations. Therefore, his achievement in the “Blue and Green” landscape painting genre can be seen as both a retrieval of the past and a revival of the “Blue and Green” genre. In his early period (1920-1940), his “Blue and Green” landscape paintings were deeply influenced by the Qing individualist Shi Tao (1642-1707) and the Ming painter Dong Qichang (1555-1636). From the former, he obtained his brushwork and composition, whereas from the latter, he learned the application of color, in particular, the “boneless” method. In addition to ancient masters, he also followed other predecessors like Ren Bonian (1840-1896) and Qi Baishi (1864-1957) of the twentieth century whose use of the red pigment was so impressive that Chang emulated it in his own “Blue and Green” paintings. Chang also continued the practice Jin Cheng (1878-1926) and Wu Hufan (1894-1968) had already employed in incorporating the color modes of Li Sixun (651-716) of the Tang period and Wang Shen (1036-ca.1093) of the Song period. Chang’s own “Blue and Green,” together with other early masters’ works in which the use of color was so bold and dashing compared with the past, duly reflect the increasingly color-oriented tendency of Chinese painting in the twentieth century.
Subjects
青綠山水，抽象表現主義，淺絳山水，沒骨，借古開今，集大成，Blue and Green landscape painting，Abstract Expressionism, Lightly-Colored Landscape Painting，Boneless Style，Creation of a New Style Based on Classical Elements，the Great Synthesis
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journal article
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