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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionChinese Collection Object numberC2001-0001-003-0 TitleThe Secluded Elegance of Autumn Mountains CreatorXie Zhiliu DescriptionA work of scale and monumentality, Secluded Elegance of Autumn Mountains features broad landscape vistas in the late painting style of Xie Zhiliu. The blue-and-green landscape is fused with free brushwork as well as rich, vibrant colours that vitalize the whole. The sure handling of the brush, the skillful use of reiterated dots and dabs, and the masterful use of tree-groups and mountain shapes to ensure continuity and unity in the composition, mark this as one of the finest works in his late years. Xie Zholiu painted this work at the age of seventy-four. Production date 1984 - 1984 Object categoryChinese painting MaterialInk on paper Dimensions H: 192 cm L: 130 cm

Object numberC2001-0001-003-0

TitleThe Secluded Elegance of Autumn Mountains

DescriptionA work of scale and monumentality, Secluded Elegance of Autumn Mountains features broad landscape vistas in the late painting style of Xie Zhiliu. The blue-and-green landscape is fused with free brushwork as well as rich, vibrant colours that vitalize the whole. The sure handling of the brush, the skillful use of reiterated dots and dabs, and the masterful use of tree-groups and mountain shapes to ensure continuity and unity in the composition, mark this as one of the finest works in his late years. Xie Zholiu painted this work at the age of seventy-four.

Production date 1984 - 1984

Object categoryChinese painting

MaterialInk on paper

Dimensions

H: 192 cm
L: 130 cm

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