Blue-Green Landscape
Artist
Fang Zhaoling
(Chinese, 1914 - 2006)
Date1979
MaterialsInk and colors on paper
DimensionsH. 19 3/4 in x W. 27 1/2 in, H. 50.2 cm x W. 69.8 cm (image); H. 74 in x W. 39 in, H. 188 cm x W. 99.1 cm (overall)
Credit LineGift of the artist's children
Object number2005.5
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsPainting
On View
Not on viewInscribedInscribed: 1979 Fang Zhaoling at the painting studio on Kotewall road.
MarkingsSeals: Reclining buffalo; Zhaoling
More InformationInscribed:
1979, Fang Zhaoling at the painting studio on Kotewall Road
Upon her return to Hong Kong, Fang Zhaoling established her painting studio on Kotewall Road and began to explore themes based on her interpretations of local scenery. Many of her landscapes of this period feature mountains created with freely applied washes and repeated curves and background peaks done with a few quickly applied angular brushstrokes. Here a series of hatchwork lines represents the kind of carved stone steps common in the steep terrain around Hong Kong.
