Lot 8035: Chen Zizhuang (1913-1976) Landscape

Landscape
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, signed Shihu, with one artist's seal reading Shihu.
20 1/2 x 29 1/8in (52 x 73.9cm)

Footnotes

• 陳子庄 山水 設色紙本 立軸
  
  A native of Sichuan, Chen Zizhuang began his artistic career working in the gongbi style. After the deaths of Qi Baishi (1864-1957) and Huang Binhong (1865-1955), the artist adopted a xieyi mode of painting, as seen in the current work. Employing an economy of brushstrokes, the artist focuses on the expressive qualities of brush and ink, reducing the landscape to essential forms, while continuing the aesthetic breakthroughs of Qi Baishi and Huang Binhong. Late in his career, Chen Zizhuang would have a profound impact on his fellow Sichuan native Li Huasheng (born 1944).