Huang Gongwang: Colour Plates

By Maria Peitcheva

Huang Gongwang (1269-1354), original name Lu Jian, went by the style name Zijiu and sobriquets Dachi Daoren (A Silly Daoist) and Yifeng Daoren (Daoist of One Peak). A native of Changshu, Jiangsu, he came from a poor family and was orphaned at an early age by Huang Le of Yongjia. After serving briefly as an official, he withdrew from public life and studied Daoism in reclusion. Huang Gongwang spent most of his later years in retirement in the Fuchun Mountains, near today's Hangzhou in Zhejiang. His most revered work is the hand scroll Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, painted with dynamic brushwork during occasional moods of inspiration between 1347 and 1350. His style of and attitude toward landscape painting stand at a pivotal midpoint between such ancient masters as Dong Yuan and Juran in the Five Dynasties period and Shen Zhou, Dong Qichang and the Four Wangs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1539958027
• ISBN13: 9781539958024
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.1" x 8.5"