Yellow Mountain in Rain

Yellow Mountain in Rain is a brush painting of a pine tree in the Yellow Mountain (China) in traditional Chinese free style technique (shan shui)... more

by Birgit Moldenhauer

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Price

$499

Dimensions

55.000 x 150.000 cm.

Title

Yellow Mountain in Rain

Artist

Birgit Moldenhauer

Medium

Painting - Ink On Rice Paper

Description

Yellow Mountain in Rain is a brush painting of a pine tree in the Yellow Mountain (China) in traditional Chinese free style technique (shan shui) with ink on rice paper.

The Yellow Mountains, also called Huang Shan is one of the most famous and beautiful mountainous areas in China. It was listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Its spectacular natural scenery includes oddly-shaped pines and rocks and mystical seas of cloud.

Yellow Mountain pines are particularly hardy, seeming to twist directly out of the smooth rock. Many old pines have been named according to their appearance or some legend about them.

“Greeting Guest Pine” is the most famous pine in the Yellow Mountains, and doubtless in all of China. It is located on the east side of Jade Screen Peak. The 10-meter-high tree grows like a man standing by the path and stretching out his hand to guests in a greeting gesture. It is one of the most painted motifs in China.

I have visited the Yellow Mountain in November and it was foggy, rainy and mystery. Therefore I painted the pine in rain.

Chinese landscape painting, in general, is the famous paintings art that take landscapes as themes, treats the natural mountains and rivers as major description objects.

The most popular subject of Chinese trees painting includes Chinese banyan tree, pine tree and cypress painting. The pine tree is a long-lived evergreen tree and has special shape which is well worth appreciating.
In China, the ancient pines are often related to the long history and culture. Chinese people regard pine as a symbol of the noble characters of strength, purity, resilience, and the ability to overcome adversity.

In China the calligraphy always belongs to the painting. It’s like the signature from the artist. The bigger characters are always the title of the painting. The smaller calligraphy shows the name of the artist and sometimes where and when the painting was created.

On the picture is written “Smoky Clouds at Yellow Mountain - year 2015 midsummer - painted by Bai Jie in the old village Xian Lin Nanjing”.
Read it from right to left.

The original is mounted in traditional style as silk scroll and framed with white and brown silk.

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September 24th, 2015