FENG CHAORAN (1882-1954), ATTRIBUTED TO, CHINESE PAINTING OF SECLUDED DWELLING AMONG LAYERED CLIFFS
A Chinese painting attributed to Feng Chaoran (1882-1954), secluded dwelling among layered cliffs. This work depicts stacked hills and valleys in refined light color wash, blending the artistic essence of Yuan and Ming landscape painting. It prioritizes the spiritual resonance and poetic conception of mountains and rivers rather than trivial detailing. The work outlines the framework of rocks with varied texture strokes and layered washes of pale ink. Mist shrouds the mountain valleys, and waterfalls cascade down cliff faces, imbuing the entire landscape with vivid and moist vitality. The composition is well balanced, with lofty mountains, wintry forests, streams and waterside pavilions arranged in pleasing alternation.
Ink and color on paper, hanging scroll.
Image: 132 x 68 cm.
Note: The work bears an inscription to Gustav Ecke and an inscription in the name of Feng Chaoran, with seal marks. The inscription is dated Jiazi (1924).
Provenance: By repute, from an important private collection.
Gustav Ecke (1896-1971) was a German art historian and scholar of Chinese art. He joined Amoy University in 1923, later taught at Qinghua University and Fujen University in Beijing, and was associated with the National Institute of Architecture. He was a pioneering scholar of Chinese hardwood furniture and published Chinese Domestic Furniture in 1944. In 1945 he married artist and scholar Tseng Yu-Ho (Zeng Youhe). The couple moved to Hawaii in 1949, where Ecke served as curator of Chinese art at the Honolulu Academy of Arts and as professor of Asian art at the University of Hawaii from 1950 to 1966.
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A Chinese painting attributed to Feng Chaoran (1882-1954), secluded dwelling among layered cliffs. This work depicts stacked hills and valleys in refined light color wash, blending the artistic essence of Yuan and Ming landscape painting. It prioritizes the spiritual resonance and poetic conception of mountains and rivers rather than trivial detailing. The work outlines the framework of rocks with varied texture strokes and layered washes of pale ink. Mist shrouds the mountain valleys, and waterfalls cascade down cliff faces, imbuing the entire landscape with vivid and moist vitality. The composition is well balanced, with lofty mountains, wintry forests, streams and waterside pavilions arranged in pleasing alternation.
Ink and color on paper, hanging scroll.
Image: 132 x 68 cm.
Note: The work bears an inscription to Gustav Ecke and an inscription in the name of Feng Chaoran, with seal marks. The inscription is dated Jiazi (1924).
Provenance: By repute, from an important private collection.
Gustav Ecke (1896-1971) was a German art historian and scholar of Chinese art. He joined Amoy University in 1923, later taught at Qinghua University and Fujen University in Beijing, and was associated with the National Institute of Architecture. He was a pioneering scholar of Chinese hardwood furniture and published Chinese Domestic Furniture in 1944. In 1945 he married artist and scholar Tseng Yu-Ho (Zeng Youhe). The couple moved to Hawaii in 1949, where Ecke served as curator of Chinese art at the Honolulu Academy of Arts and as professor of Asian art at the University of Hawaii from 1950 to 1966.
Condition
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