翰墨丹青—中國書畫專場 Refined Brushwork: Fine Chinese Paintings

In the competitive world of Chinese Paintings, Huang Chun-pi
championed, along with Pu Hsin-yu and Chang Da-Chien, as one of
the top three Taiwanese painters.
At his early age, Huang followed a strict apprenticeship with Li
Yao-Ping (1883-1937), a famous painter in Guangdong, under
the Lingnan school of painting. The ideology promoted by Li and
this School is to revive the essence of Chinese classical paintings
and to stand firmly against Western practices. Thus, in his early
practice before arriving in Taiwan, Huang's paintings were inclined
to meticulously follow the Chinese traditional painterly style in his
landscape, portrait and flower and bird painting genres. With the
increasing number of visits to the majestic mountains and valleys and
the encounters with art fellows, Huang began to refine his belief and
skills which made him a well-acclaimed artist.
Since his arrival in Taiwan, Huang devoted his career in art education
and influenced deeply in the development of Taiwanese modern
art. With his numerous travel around the globe, Huang transformed
his traditional art skills and focused on depicting the grandiosity of
nature. Prof. Fu Shen once praised the artist, Huang has a rich
knowledge of both Chinese and Western art. His art gathers the
essence of both Northern and Southern art schools. Under Huang's
proficient painterly skills and his strong observation of nature,
his landscape paintings created a unique Taiwanese style in art
development of the late 20th Century.
Created in 1975, this painting Landscape at Sunset (Lot 619) depicts
the richness of the autumn hills at sunset. A sensual pleasure of
landscape is elevated as the eye moves from the gentle slopes and
cottages on the lower left, through to the waterfall on the top right
of the painting. As the mist of the waterfall uncovers the distant
mountains, the red maple trees scattered in the mountains echoing
with the diffused glow of the setting sun.
As the caption writes,
“Heavy mist envelopes the pleasure of nature,
As the greenery highlights the soggy hills,
Autumn highlighted by the lofty cliffs,
As the red maples dance under the gentle beams of the setting sun.”
Echoing with the caption, the painting unveils the blissful enjoyment
of a Chinese literati in a scholarly manner.
Figure in a Mountainous Landscape by the same artist was sold at
Ravenel (Lot 638 in 2017 Spring Sale). The year of the painting was
deemed to be 1960, based on the poetry and the style of painting.
The painting featured three scholars hiking after the rain and
watching the waterfalls from the sky. In terms of structure, layers of
mountains lead the eye from afar, and tonality enriches the layering.
The whole painting was highlighted by two dark trees on the cliff.
This structure opens up to the mountainous view with a traditional
style, highlighting the majestic waterfall. This painting is undoubtedly
the work of Huang Chun-pi at the peak of his career. This work was
eventually sold for TWD1,920,000.
82 x 47 cm
2017 638
TWD1,920,000
HUANG JUNBI, Figure in a Mountainous Landscape,
Ink on paper
Ravenel Taipei, Spring Sale 2017, Lot 638
Sold Price: TWD1,920,000