ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983) AND PU RU (1896-1963), ATTRIBUTED TO, CHINESE PAINTING OF SCHOLAR UNDER
A Chinese painting attributed to Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) and Pu Ru (1896-1963), scholar under pine tree. This colored landscape with figures depicts a scholar holding a cane viewing scenery beneath pine trees. On the left side of the painting stands an aged gnarled pine, its twisting branches stretching skyward, dense pine needles firm and upright. Steep rocks lie beside it rendered with axe-cut texture strokes blended with light washes, revealing craggy rock bones. At the bottom, a scholar clad in white robes, wearing a headscarf and with flowing garments, holds a wooden cane and stands quietly in profile gazing toward pine valleys. Flowing and graceful lines define his robes while his calm expression embodies the seclusion of reclusive life.
Ink and color on paper, mounted.
Image: 93 x 48 cm.
Note: The work bears an inscription to Gustav Ecke and inscriptions in the names of Zhang Daqian and Pu Ru, with seal marks. The inscription is dated Bingxu (1946).
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 Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) and Pu Ru (1896-1963), scholar under pine tree. This colored landscape with figures depicts a scholar holding a cane viewing scenery beneath pine trees. On the left side of the painting stands an aged gnarled pine, its twisting branches stretching skyward, dense pine needles firm and upright. Steep rocks lie beside it rendered with axe-cut texture strokes blended with light washes, revealing craggy rock bones. At the bottom, a scholar clad in white robes, wearing a headscarf and with flowing garments, holds a wooden cane and stands quietly in profile gazing toward pine valleys. Flowing and graceful lines define his robes while his calm expression embodies the seclusion of reclusive life.
Ink and color on paper, mounted.
Image: 93 x 48 cm.
Note: The work bears an inscription to Gustav Ecke and inscriptions in the names of Zhang Daqian and Pu Ru, with seal marks. The inscription is dated Bingxu (1946).
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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