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A Corner of Lingyan Stream

Name: A Corner of Lingyan Stream
Brand: Pan Tianshou
SKU: a-corner-of-lingyan-stream
Price: 1940 USD
Availability: InStock

by Pan Tianshou · ninghai,zhejiang

$1,940

In stock

MaterialInk on xuan paper, mounted on silkscroll

Dimensions50 x 50 cm

Year1955

EditionUnique work

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The Story

It emerged amid the 1950s national movement to renovate traditional Chinese painting by returning to nature, marking Pan’s breakthrough in merging landscape and flower-bird art to capture wild, realistic mountain vitality. Pan Tianshou was one of the most influential masters of modern Chinese painting, famous for his powerful brushwork and bold, majestic compositions in landscape and flower-and-bird art.As an outstanding educator and theorist, he laid an important foundation for the development of Chinese painting education and advocated strengthening the artistic spirit of traditional Chinese art. With powerful, angular brushstrokes, layered ink washes, and vivid floral accents, it captures the rugged grandeur of wild rocks and lively flora, embodying Pan’s iconic “strong bone” (强其骨) aesthetic. As a representative masterpiece from Pan Tianshou’s peak creative period, A Corner of Lingyan Ravine carries extremely high academic value and collectible status, making it a treasured highlight in modern Chinese painting art.

Craft & Process

Pan Tianshou employs strong, angular brushlines, layered ink accumulation and a rigorous composition in A Corner of Lingyan Ravine, showing superb traditional Chinese painting craftsmanship and distinctive personal artistic techniques.

About the Artist

Pan Tianshou

ninghai,zhejiang

Pan Tianshou (1897–1971) was a leading Chinese painter, calligrapher and art educator. Famous for bold landscapes, bird-and-flower paintings and finger painting, he shaped modern Chinese ink art.

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