Author:Huang Tsai-sung(1951-)

Category：Ink Painting

Media:Ink and color on paper

Year：1981

Introduction：This painting captures the appearance of the Lin Family Mansion and Garden in Banqiao before its renovation, focusing on the scene “Small Bridge Under the Moon.” The octagonal archway acts like a frame through which one can see a courtyard wall with a window and, farther in the distance, a pavilion, employing a “scene within a scene” to express depth. The architectural elements within the gate are sketched with dry brush strokes in light ink and lightly tinged with ochre, while the vegetation is painted in light green. The blurry outlines of the buildings, the mottled walls, and the overgrown grass evoke a poetic sense of old dreams fading like smoke. The foreground shrubbery is depicted with frantic, dry brush strokes mixed with bold stippling, conveying the untamed nature of the bushes. Huang Tsai-sung has painted numerous scenes of the Lin Garden, capturing the pre-renovation garden with unrestrained and desolate brushwork and infusing the scenes with poetic and nostalgic romanticism.

Author Introduction：「Huang Tsai-sung」-Born in Tainan, Taiwan, and also known by his courtesy name Shou-yan, Huang Tsai-sung graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, specializing in traditional Chinese painting, at the National Taiwan Academy of Arts. He later earned a Master of Fine Arts in oil painting at Fontbonne University in St. Louis, USA. From a young age, Huang experimented with diverse compositions, believing that changing forms could free thematic expression from constraints. He integrated Western oil painting techniques and concepts into Eastern ink painting, blending traditions to create innovative works.

Accession number:20220063