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Size:Length:235 x Width:177 (cm)

Size description：235×177 (畫心)

Introduction：Senun Fujisaki (1950-), born in Nagano Prefecture, is an ink wash painter. During her life in Taipei for seven years, she was taught by gouache painter Huang Ou-bo, ink wash painter Sun Po-tang, and Su Feng-nan, and also sought advices from Huang Chun-pi. Not only has she been selected for the Nikkikai Art Exhibition, but she has also won awards from Japan Ink Wash Painting Appraisal-Free Exhibition, Japan Literati Art Annual, All Japan Sumie Art Exhibition organized by National Japanese Ink Painting Art Association, and Sesshu International Art Society, where she is an appraisal-free member.
Ink painting, often referred to as "literati painting" or "southern painting (Nanga)," has its own historical context in Japan. It was developed in Japan under the influence of the preference for sinology in Tokugawa period. Differed from Chinese ink wash paintings, "literati painting" in Japan is not confined to its scholar-bureaucrats, the intellectual, or social class. During the Meiji Restoration period, the literati painting's emphasis on initiative and artistic vitality was considered as the essence of the Toyoga (Eastern Painting). Senun Fujisaki's main subjects are landscapes and flowers. Her portrayal of a landscape is generally with a little color and has the light, elegant and simple qualities of NanZong, an ink wash art school. She is also known for her mogu approach, a Chinese painting technique that emphasizes forms created by ink and washes to the flowers and its varying uses of colors. The artist has a talent for depicting waterfalls in both an epic or miniature scene, such as Visions of My Hometown. While wet brush strokes are used to create the varying layering of the waterfall, light washes are blended to enrich the variation of water flow. The trees around the waterfall are painted in dappled monotone to accentuate the main subject. The distant view and the surface of the water create the dynamic structure of the work, with the waterfall pouring down in the distance, the bottom is cleverly obscured by the tree shadows in the foreground. The changing shapes of the rock and waterflow further accentuate the shift in perspectives. By varying her brushstrokes and uses of colors, Senun Fujisai characterizes the foreground's turbulence and the serenity in the background. The stark contrast between the ink washes dramatizes the whole painting, enhancing the viewers' sense of presence.

Accession Number:PT09401100

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