Artwork Appreciation - Landscape
Untamable Mountain
For this ink - wash landscape painting featuring massive rocks, Chung Chen Sun inscribed a heroic saying from Lin Zexu during the Humen Opium - Destroying Movement, "A precipice stands thousands of feet high; it is firm because it has no desires." This inscription serves to express the awe - inspiring demeanor of the massive rock - mountain…
Mountains in the Sea of Clouds by Chung Chen Sun is a distinctive masterpiece within the genre of Chinese landscape painting, known for its unique style and innovative approach. The subject of vast mountain ranges shrouded in clouds has been a popular theme in Chinese painting since the Tang Dynasty. Historical records reveal that Li Sixun spent three months depicting a 300-mile stretch of the Jialing River on a wall…
Mountains in the Sea of Clouds
Untamable Mountain by Chung Chen Sun, created in 2006, reflects the artist’s dedication to refining his craft and exploring profound themes. This work, inspired by Lin Zexu's famous words, “The ocean embraces all rivers, demonstrating greatness through tolerance. The cliff rises sheer and unyielding, achieving strength through detachment,” stands as a testament to the artist’s unwavering determination to imbue his work with resilience and depth of meaning….
Untamable Mountain
The phrase “The ocean embraces all rivers, demonstrating greatness through tolerance. The cliff rises sheer and unyielding, achieving strength through detachment” comes from Lin Zexu’s couplet in the Qing Dynasty. It symbolizes the ocean's vastness due to its inclusiveness and the cliff's steadfastness through its resistance to worldly desires. Similarly, individuals must cultivate resilience like nature, continuously refining their character…
Untamable Mountain
In 1936, as Mao Zedong and Peng Dehuai led the Red Army to triumphantly reach Yuanjiagou, Mao climbed a snow-covered plateau over a thousand meters high to survey the terrain. Gazing upon the vast, frozen landscape of the motherland, he was filled with emotion and inspiration, penning his bold poem, Snow: To the Tune of Qin Yuan Chun. Inspired by Mao’s poetic vision, Chung Chen Sun created Great Country with Great People, a painting that showcases the grandeur of China’s majestic mountains and rivers…
Great Country with Great People
