Details
CollectionChinese Collection
Object numberNU22047-0
TitleMountain Gate and River Post
CreatorGao Jianfu
DescriptionGao Jianfu was a famous Guangdong artist. Together with his brother, Gao Qifeng (1889 - 1933), and his friend, Chen Shuren (1883 - 1949), they brought the Japanese nihonga style to China, creating the "New Chinese Painting". The historian Ralph Crozier remarked: [Gao's is] a wild romantic landscape far removed from the serene placid view of nature usually prevailing in Chinese landscape painting. At first glance, this landscape seems "traditional" in the choice of subject matter and in execution. Yet its rugged grandeur strives for a sense of wonder. It exemplifies Gao Jianfu's effort to infuse a new, exciting spirit to Chinese landscape painting.
Production date 1924 - 1924
Object categoryChinese painting
MaterialInk & colour on paper
Dimensions
H: 165.2 cm
L: 48.6 cm
H: 222 cm
L: 71.6 cm
L: 48.6 cm
H: 222 cm
L: 71.6 cm
