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Artist: Huang Binhong (1865-1955)
Date: Modern
Dimensions: Height 64.0 cm, Width 29.9 cm
Material: Ink and color on paper
Huang Binhong (1865-1955), also known by his zi (designated name) Pucun and hao (literary name) Binhong, was a native of She county in Anhui. He resided in Shanghai for 28 years, teaching at the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. He deeply cultivated traditional brush-and-ink principles, integrating antiquity with innovation. This work, emulating Northern Song landscape painting, depicts the shadowed side of mountains built up through layered ink, producing a deep, mysterious effect. The ink was "dark as if walking at night, departing from Tang style". The brushwork is thick and luxuriant. This painting was created with a grand composition, which makes this a masterpiece of his late "Black Binhong" style.
