Zhang Daqian's most famous landscape painting "Taiyi Viewing the Spring".
This is a masterpiece created in 1946 by the famous modern calligrapher and painter Zhang Daqian. The painting uses fine brushwork, the colors are clear and moist, the springs and streams are meticulously outlined, and the leaves and branches are carefully drawn. There is an inscription on the picture: The old Tibetan mountain woodcutter imitated Beiyuan. This picture was on the Song Dynasty. It was lost after the chaos. I made a homemade imitation Song Dynasty rib paper in Japan. 1961) Chun Zhang Da Qian Yuan. Fu Shen mentioned that in 1946, Daqian received a scroll from Liu Daoshi's "Qingxiao Picture of Lakes and Mountains" and copied it repeatedly, using great efforts. This painting stands on a high cliff and was written with a small ax to capture the lush green mountains in summer. The blue water is slightly turbulent and the waves are calm. The "water method" is purely formed from a scroll by Liu Taoist, which shows Daqian's unique ingenuity. On November 10, 2008, "Taiyi Viewing the Spring" was sold at the Yiyuntang Collection of Paintings at the China Guardian Autumn Auction, taking the top spot in the China Guardian Autumn Auction.
Other works:
1. "Imitation of Song Dynasty Mountain Temple Picture" is Zhang Daqian's proud work after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and before leaving the mainland, pursuing the peak period of the Five Dynasties Northern Song Dynasty landscape painting. This painting of hills and valleys has the majesty of the Northern Song Dynasty and its brushwork has the elegance of a literati. Looking closely at its changeable mountain and stone textures and shapes, it is a masterpiece that combines ancient people and placed them in the Northern Song Dynasty.
In terms of artistic conception, with the magnificent waterfall as the center, thatched pavilions and thatched pavilions are placed on the left and right, nestled among the old branches of old trees and hazy bamboo trees, decorated with Gaoshi's poles meeting each other across the bridge, and An elegant scholar leaning on the railing to watch the waterfall; the waterfall flows under the bridge with a gurgling sound, and merges into a vortex in the foreground. The painting method is like clouds swirling, and the graceful, light and graceful flowing lines are particularly unique. 2. "Emei Jie Yin Hall" uses the mountain scenery around Emei Jie Yin Hall in the painting, which belongs to the Daqian Fine Painting style of imitating ancient landscapes. The color is mainly green, with heavy colors such as azurite, stone green, and cinnabar used. The colors are bright and elegant and highly decorative. Daqian's body is carved out of a mountain with a small axe, which is quite the style of the Northern Song Dynasty. He also uses long and short hemp draping, unwinding ropes, and ox hair to tidy up local details. His brushwork is elegant and smooth, and the cracking techniques are dense, like Beiyuan and Shuming's rebirth. The nearby pine trees, mountain trees, and moss spots on the rocks are also reminiscent of Qing Xiang's brushwork.