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Landscape in the Manner of Fan K’uan
T’ang Tai
Ch’ing Dynasty
T’ang Tai (tzu Yu-tung, hao Ching-yen, Mo-chuang), a Manchu, was born in the twelfth year of the K’ang-hsi period of the Ch’ing dynasty, 1673. The date of his death is unknown, but he was still living in the seventeenth year of the Ch’ien-lung period, at eighty years of age. Because of his painting skill the K’ang-hsi emperor honored him with a high official title. In landscape painting, although he was a student of Wang Yuan-ch’i, his use of the brush and method of applying color do not resemble those of his teacher. In Painting trees he defined many more leaves; in describing mountains and rocks he began by outlining the larger structures; and for texture strokes he preferred numerous small “axe-cut” strokes. In all of these aspects his methods resemble those of the so-called “Northern School.” The three-dimensional nature of the Mountain forms and the convexities and concavities of the trees and rocks are all brought out clearly in his work, but his manner is too careful, excessive in its refinement, and inadequate in spirit and strength.
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