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Rivers and Mountains in Late Spring, 2006
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The Ruth Ann Dayton Chinese Room Endowment Fundexpand_more 2008.24
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Born in Fujian province, People's Republic of China., Li Xubai has lived and worked in Hong Kong and now resides in Toronto, Canada. Li considers himself a poet first and a painter second who introduces the emotional content of his poetry into his landscape paintings. Both his poetry and paintings while contemporary, still draw formal inspiration from the Tang and Song dynasties (618-907, 960-1279).
To Li, Chinese painting is not stagnant, but a continually evolving tradition and his interest in the past, like most literati artists, is to find a model or lineage that best suits his own aesthetic temperament. His study of old paintings is enriched through direct encounters with nature and literature. The traditional Chinese view sees nature as a powerful, but benevolent force in constant flux. This mood is certainly captured in this towering landscape. It's monumentality and massing of forms is certainly reminiscent of 12th century ink landscapes, but his disciplined brushwork, crystalline rock formations, and rhythmic interplay of solid and void are personal reflections of the artist's inner vision rather than historical interpretations.
Details
- Title
- Rivers and Mountains in Late Spring
- Artist Life
- born 1940
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2008.24
- Curator Approved
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