Lot  649 Ravenel Spring Auction 2020

Ravenel Spring Auction 2020

Splashed-ink Landscape

SUN Yun-Sheng (Taiwanese, 1918 - 2000)

1994

Ink and colour on paper, framed

32 x 40.5 cm

Estimate

TWD 50,000-100,000

HKD 13,000-26,000

USD 1,700-3,300

CNY 12,000-24,000

Sold Price

TWD 96,000

HKD 25,197

USD 3,248

CNY 22,749


Signature

Signed SUN YUN-SHENG in Chinese
With two seals of the artist

+ OVERVIEW

From the 1960s to the 1990s, the influx of Western art methodologies ignited heated discussions on the art depiction. In 1994, Sun Yun-Sheng was invited by the National Museum of History of Taiwan to teach Chinese Paintings. It was the time when art development diverged into multivarious trends and under such a background, this splash painting was created. This painting was dominated with colours. Black ink was used to demonstrate the encroachment of clouds. Autumn landscape after the rain was depicted. Humid steam rose forming mists and clouds veiling over layers of mountains. With a combination of gongbi and splash techniques, a misty landscape painting was created. The scholar's state of mind echoes with that of the artist. Later in his career, Sun devoted more time to art education, promoting the style of Dafeng Tang.
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Ravenel Spring Auction 2020

Saturday, July 18, 2020, 2:00pm