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Lot 127: Jieziyuan Huazhuan, sheet from the Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden

Est: €1,500 EUR - €2,000 EURPassed
Jahn GalleryWien, AustriaApril 12, 2015

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Jieziyuan Huazhuan 芥子園畫傳
sheet from the Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden
Fandesign with landscape and characters
With the artists stamp

Paspartout 23.6 x 19.7 inch
Paspartout cutout: 11.4 x 8.8 inch

Jieziyuan Huazhuan (芥子園畫傳 "Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden"), sometimes known as Jieziyuan Huapu (芥子園畫譜), is a manual of Chinese painting compiled during the early-Qing Dynasty. Many renowned later Chinese painters, like Qi Baishi, began their drawing lessons with the manual.

The work was commissioned by Shen Xinyou (沈心友), son-in-law of the famous playwright Li Yu, whose mansion in Lanxi, Zhejiang province where, in the late 1650s, he funded the publisher Jieziyuan, or Mustard Seed Garden. Shen possessed the teaching materials of Li Liufang (李流芳), a painter of the late-Ming Dynasty, and commissioned Wáng Gài (王概), Wáng Shī (王蓍), Wáng Niè (王臬) and Zhū Shēng (诸升) to edit and expand those materials with the aim of producing a manual for landscape painting. The result was the first part of Jieziyuan Huazhuan, which, published in 1679 in five colours, comprises five juan (卷) or fascicles. Li Yu, as the publisher, wrote a preface for this part. The first fascicle deals with the general principles of landscape painting, the second the painting of trees, the third that of hills and stones, the fourth that of people and houses, and the fifth comprises the selected works of great landscape painters. The volume also entered Edo period Japan, where woodblock printed copies became relatively easily accessible in all the major cities; the Mustard Seed Garden Manual came to be used by a great many Japanese artists and was a major element in the training of artists and the development of Edo period painting. Two more parts, which deal with the painting of flora and fauna, were produced by Wang and his two brothers. Shen promised a fourth part, but never published it. A fourth part, which deals with portraits, was produced by some quick profit-seeking publisher, though. Chao Xun (巢勛) (1852-1917), dissatisfied with the fake, produced his own sequel, as well as carefully reproduced the first three volumes. Reprints of the first three volumes are usually based on Chao's reproduction. Subsequent sections break down the elements of a landscape painting so that the figures, boats, trees and rocks can be separately copied and mastered before the apprentice painter attempts his own compositions from these elements. Landscape compositions, which are not included in the Ten Bamboo Studio Albums, also appear. A variety of techniques is shown from soft lines and colors to almost monochrome designs. Most compositions are made with inclusion of calligraphy and seals, making them appear like traditional scholarly paintings. The original edition was a color printed woodblock book while later editions were in black and white only.
Sources: Chinese Illustration (in the collection of the British Museum) by Dr. Francis Wood

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Jieziyuan Huazhuan 芥子園畫傳
Blatt aus dem Handbuch des Senfkorngarten
Fächerentwurf mit Landschaftsabbildung und Schriftzeichen
Versehen mit dem Stempel des Künstlers

Passepartout 60 x 50 cm
Passepartout Ausschnitt 29 x 22,4 cm

Der Senfkorngarten ist ein historisches Lehrbuch der Kunst der chinesischen Tuschemalerei. Ursprünglich umfasste das Werk 2 Bände, ersteres über Prinzipien der Landschaftsmalerei und zweites über Bäume generell.

Das Werk wurde von Shen Xinyou (沈心友), Schwiegersohn des berühmten Bühnenautors Li Yu, in Auftrag gegeben. Dessen Anwesen war in Lanxi in der Provinz Zhejiang, wo er in den späten 1650er den Verlag Jieziyuan (Senfkorngarten) gründete*. Shen besaß Unterrichtsmaterialien von Li Liufang, einem Maler der Späten Ming-Dynastie, und beauftragte Wáng Gài (王概), Wáng Shī (王蓍), Wáng Niè (王臬) und Zhū Shēng (诸升) damit, diese Materialen zu bearbeiten und erweitern, mit dem Ziel ein Lehrbuch über Landschaftsmalerei herauszugeben. Das Ergebnis war der Erste Teil des Jieziyuan Huazhuan. Zu dieser Ausgabe existiert ein Vorwort von Li Yu. Dieser erste Band des Senfkorngartens bot einen Einstieg in die Malerei für viel später berühmte chinesische Künstler, wie Qi Baishi, und gelangte außerdem während der Edo-Periode nach Japan, wo Kopien in größeren Städten leicht erhältlich waren. Demnach wurde dieser Band auch ein äußerst wichtiges Lehrbuch für Künstler der Edo Periode. Der zweite Band umfasst Bäume, der 3. Hügel und Steine, der 4. Menschen und Häuser und der 5. ausgewählte Landschaftswerke großer Meister. Es werden die Elemente der Landschaftsmalerei einzeln behandelt, sodass ein Schüler, nachdem er Diese gesondert kopiert und perfektioniert hat, sein eigenes Landschaftsbild aus eben diesen Elementen zusammenstellen kann. Auch sind im Gegensatz zu Zehnbambushalle Beispiele für Kompositionen enthalten. Die meisten dieser Kompositionen beinhalten auch Kalligraphie und Siegel, sodass sie wie traditionelle Gemälde scheinen. Im Original besteht der Senfkorngarten aus Holzschnitten in mehreren Farben und/oder Graustufen. Der zweite und dritte Band, die die Fauna und Flora behandeln, wurden von Wang und seinen zwei Brüdern herausgegeben. Shen versprach einen 4. Band herauszugeben, was er allerdings nie bewerkstelligte. Ein 4. Band über Portraits wurde von einem profit-orientierten Verleger herausgegeben. Der Maler Chao Xun (巢勛) (1852-1917) war mit dieser Fortsetzung des Senfkorngartens derartig unzufrieden, dass er seine eigene Fassung herausgab, sowie sorgfältige Reproduktionen der ersten 3 Bände. Für moderne Nachdrucke wird meistens Chao's Auflage verwendet.

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