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Lot Essay
Zhang Daqian traveled widely across the world’s famed landscapes, yet he held a particular devotion to Mount Huang. In the 1920s and 1930s, he visited the mountain three times to paint from life, living among its peaks and absorbing its spirit. Its twisted pines, fantastic rocks, and shifting seas of clouds offered him endless inspiration, resulting in numerous poems and paintings.
Scissor Peak of Mount Huang, created during Zhang’s Brazil period, centers on Yunmen Peak. As recorded in Feng Mengzhen’s Record of Mount Huang: “Yunmen, like a gate formed by two mountains, lets clouds pass through; commonly called Scissor Peak, it can be seen from a hundred li away, veiled in mist.” Zhang evokes this atmosphere with rich washes and carefully reserved blank space to suggest drifting clouds, while bold splashes of mineral blue and green shape an abstract yet powerful mountain mass. Flowing colors and billowing mist together present Mount Huang’s majestic, dreamlike beauty.
Scissor Peak of Mount Huang, created during Zhang’s Brazil period, centers on Yunmen Peak. As recorded in Feng Mengzhen’s Record of Mount Huang: “Yunmen, like a gate formed by two mountains, lets clouds pass through; commonly called Scissor Peak, it can be seen from a hundred li away, veiled in mist.” Zhang evokes this atmosphere with rich washes and carefully reserved blank space to suggest drifting clouds, while bold splashes of mineral blue and green shape an abstract yet powerful mountain mass. Flowing colors and billowing mist together present Mount Huang’s majestic, dreamlike beauty.