Lot 3744: ZHANG FU (1546-?)

ZHANG FU (1546-?) MYRIAD PEAKS Hanging scroll, ink on paper Inscribed and signed by the artist, with two seals Dated summer, xinwei year (1571) Two colophons, one each by Zhou Tianqiu (1514-1595) and Wang Shizhen (1526-1590), with a total of four seals 52 1/4 x 16 3/8 in. (132.6 x 41.6 cm.)

132.6 x 41.6 cm.

Zhang Fu (1546-?), whose style name was Yuanchun and pseudonym was Lingshi, was a master painter from Taicang in Jiangsu province during the Longqing and Wanli periods. His landscape painting was said to have followed the style of Shen Zhou but became uniquely his own in Zhang's later years. His techniques and skills were considered inferior to those of Qiu Ying, but his paintings were credited with relish and vitality. Sometimes he painted figures, which were also refined and exquisite.