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Subject:Help with Artist Stamp & Signature
Posted By: Johnnie Mon, Nov 21, 2016 IP: 2602:0304:b01a:af30: Any help with identification would be greatly appreciated - Johnnie |
Subject:Re: Help with Artist Stamp & Signature
Posted By: mikeoz Tue, Nov 22, 2016 Fascinating painting, with what appears to be a gigantic illuminated lampshade growing in the middle of the forrest. |
Subject:Re: Help with Artist Stamp & Signature
Posted By: Bill H Thu, Nov 24, 2016 This seems to be one of those iconic landscapes that every Chinese artist must paint (or copy) at some point in their career, if my web check is any "tip of the iceberg" indication. The elevated title, on the left side of the inscription, reads down as 松壑鳴泉 (song he (or huo on Taiwan) ming quan), translatable as "Pines in the gullies cry out to the streams". The middle line says 戊辰初冬月 (wu chen chu dong yue), a cyclical date of "beginning of winter 1988" (or 1928 or an earlier date among the preceding 60-year intervals). |
Subject:Re: Help with Artist Stamp & Signature
Posted By: Johnnie Sat, Nov 26, 2016 Thanks Bill H. - looking forward to hearing what others say as to who the artist might be. Sorry for the lamp showing up in the reflection of the glass. |
Subject:Re: Help with Artist Stamp & Signature
Posted By: Super Sun, Nov 27, 2016 I agree with Bill's translations regarding the title of the painting and the possible time it was done. |
Subject:Re: Help with Artist Stamp & Signature
Posted By: Bill H Mon, Nov 28, 2016 Super, thanks greatly for the help. I did some more digging and wonder if that last line might begin with the character 虞 (Yu), which is a surname and also figures into temple and place names, including mountains, named for the Emperor Shun (Di Shun - 帝舜), a.k.a. "Yu the Great" (Da Shun - 大舜) or "Yu Shun" (虞舜), whose Wikipedia page says he ruled over the State of Yu circa 2294-2184 BCE. There are mountains named for his in the Suzhou suburbs and at Guilin. |
Subject:Re: Help with Artist Stamp & Signature
Posted By: rat Mon, Nov 28, 2016 Agree with Super's thoughts on the artist's name, preceded by his hometown, as being the likely content of the second line. The location name is Yushan 虞山, i.e., Changshu in Jiangsu Province. There is a "school" of painting associated with the term but its members include the four Wangs of the 17th century (Wang Hui, Wang Jian, Wang Shimin, Wang Yuanqi), who collectively became the basis of orthodox Qing landscape style, and the "Yushan school" seems not to have a continuing lineage of its own independent of them. |
Subject:Re: Help with Artist Stamp & Signature
Posted By: Johnnie Wed, Nov 30, 2016 Hello Rat - Thank you for your help!!! |
Subject:Re: Help with Artist Stamp & Signature
Posted By: Johnnie Mon, Nov 28, 2016 Sorry for the lamp showing up in the reflection of the glass. |
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