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Lot Essay
The collector’s seal on the painting belongs to Kuang Shi (1924-2015), master of Huaixuancao Tang. He was born in Changsha, Hunan and was passionate about Chinese painting, calligraphy, seal carving, photography, and gardening. He studied painting under Zhang Daqian and opened a commercial art gallery in Taipei named Chinese Culture Shop, where he promoted Chinese art, including his teacher Zhang Daqian’s paintings.
The painting was originally part of a twelve-loose-leaf album gifted by Zhang Daqian to Kuang Shi during his time in Brazil. It depicts Li Shan (Mount Li, Slamao), a beautiful mountain range along Taiwan’s newly opened Central Cross-Island Highway in the mid-1960s. Although undated, Zhang Daqian probably painted this work in or soon after 1964. That summer, Zhang was amazed by the landscape of the mountains of Taiwan during his travels on the highway. After returning to Brazil, he painted this work with his signature splashed ink technique, full of life and aspiration, as a gift for Kuang Shi.
The painting was originally part of a twelve-loose-leaf album gifted by Zhang Daqian to Kuang Shi during his time in Brazil. It depicts Li Shan (Mount Li, Slamao), a beautiful mountain range along Taiwan’s newly opened Central Cross-Island Highway in the mid-1960s. Although undated, Zhang Daqian probably painted this work in or soon after 1964. That summer, Zhang was amazed by the landscape of the mountains of Taiwan during his travels on the highway. After returning to Brazil, he painted this work with his signature splashed ink technique, full of life and aspiration, as a gift for Kuang Shi.