Lot 425: LIU YANSHAO ‘SNOW ON LANDSCAPE’ PAINTING ON SCROLL

Liu Yanshao (1909-1993), also known as Ming Di and Wanruo, originated from Shanghai. Feng Chaoran was his master and he befriended with Wuhufan while attending Wuxi Art school. Liu Yanshao travelled through the north and south and the beautiful mountains and scenery has enlightened his mind. In 1962, he started teaching in Zhejiang Academy until 1966, his art began and leap. In 1980, he was the director of Zhejiang Painting Academy, at this time, his skills was at his peak. 1977, Liu Yanshao produced important works of art. His mind was at maturity. He was skilled in landscape painting, especially the using different parts of the brush, the belly and the roots to create natural looking sceneries, sparse lines to create smooth riverings, well-use of hard and soft, mastered in painting clouds and water, creating endless variations. Having blank spaces and large ink strokes was innovative and groundbreaking in Chinese art history. In recent years, his paintings value up-raised and got close to Fu Bashi. 纸本卷轴 陆俨少作春岭晴雪图 陆俨少（1909年－1993年），又名砥，字宛若，上海人。年少时即入无锡美术专科学校就读，后师从冯超然，并结识吴湖帆，阅尽历代名家真迹，且遍游中国南北胜地，美好河山尽悟心中。1962年起兼课于浙江美术学院，至1966年，其绘画个性开始长足发展。1980年任浙江画院院长，此时，其艺术造诣达至顶峰。本画系作者画于1977年，系其迈入个性成熟期的重要作品。陆俨少擅画山水，尤善于发挥用笔效能，以笔尖、笔肚、笔根等的不同运用来表现自然山川的不同变化，线条疏秀流畅，刚柔相济。云水为其绝诣，有雄秀跌宕之概。勾云勾水，烟波浩淼，云蒸雾霭，变化无穷，并创留白、及大墨块之法，独创一格，是当代中国美术史上开创性的绘画大师。近数年来，其画作价值直逼傅抱石等人。 H: 137cm; W: 35cm.