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拍品专文
Kinichiro Ishikawa was once a student of Asai Chu, a Japanese painter in Europe. At the age of 28, he decided to learn traditional watercolour painting in the United Kingdom where he fully established his own artistic style. In 1907, he was sent to Taiwan to be the translation officer at the General Office and the art instructor of Japanese Language School; in 1923, he began teaching in the National Taipei Teachers College. During his two decade long teaching career he became an iconic figure and a torchbearer of the modern art movement in Taiwan, instructing pioneering artist such as Chen Cheng-Po, Liao Chi-Chun, Ran In-Ting and Chang Wan-Chuan in their formative yuears. Christie's is proud to present the following pieces of privately collected work- Above the Clouds (Lot 304), Kofu Suburbs, Shiramine mountain range (Lot 303), Fishing Port (Lot 305) and Genoa (Lot 302). Genoa, in particular, is one of the artist's rarely seen vertical scroll paintings, which exemplify Ishikawa's achievement to merge Western drawing techniques with the traditional Eastern aesthetics and medium in landscape painting.
In traditional ink-wash painting, the painting is often vertically oriented in order to amplify the grandeur of the landscape. In Genoa, Ishikawa captures the scenic cliff view of the coast line of Genoa in northern Italy, and applies very delicate shades of colour to the foreground without detailed delineation. Mastered in the colour washes of watercolour painting, Ishikawa carries on the Japanese tradition, the cliff range depicted on the foreground and the background has delicate translucency that display a transition of light and shadow, reflecting his mastery in controlling the depth of washes. The distant sky in the background reflect the influence from Western aesthetics, as in traditional Eastern landscapes, sky are usually left unpainted, nevertheless Ishikawa painted the sky with delicate washes of blue that follows the edges of the cliff range that eventually merges into the sea on the lower foreground. Genoa exemplifies Ishikawa's acute perception and experience towards the surroundings after he turned to see the real world with this integrated viewpoint of Western sketching.
Above the Clouds and Kofu Suburbs, Shiramine mountain range are the artist's small-scale work on mountain range scenery. The scenery in Above the Clouds depicted with a variety of colour tones, the trees along the shoreline constitute a great contrast with the gentle lake painted with a monochromic tone. Ishikawa emphasised that sketching from nature is important to master the technique of translucency in watercolour. Also, the delicate variation between water and paint is predominant to produce realistic effects. In the foreground of Kofu Suburbs, Shiramine mountain range, the short, horizontal brushstrokes are applied to establish the gentle and smooth plain, while the gradual transition from earth tone to apple green implies the arrival of spring; the stream of river painted in smooth delicate sweeping strokes that flow from the middle ground to the foreground suggest movement of the tranquil water gently streaming through; set against the blue and white mountain range, the contour of the distant grass and trees seems to turn hazy within the dense, think mist in the mountain.
In traditional ink-wash painting, the painting is often vertically oriented in order to amplify the grandeur of the landscape. In Genoa, Ishikawa captures the scenic cliff view of the coast line of Genoa in northern Italy, and applies very delicate shades of colour to the foreground without detailed delineation. Mastered in the colour washes of watercolour painting, Ishikawa carries on the Japanese tradition, the cliff range depicted on the foreground and the background has delicate translucency that display a transition of light and shadow, reflecting his mastery in controlling the depth of washes. The distant sky in the background reflect the influence from Western aesthetics, as in traditional Eastern landscapes, sky are usually left unpainted, nevertheless Ishikawa painted the sky with delicate washes of blue that follows the edges of the cliff range that eventually merges into the sea on the lower foreground. Genoa exemplifies Ishikawa's acute perception and experience towards the surroundings after he turned to see the real world with this integrated viewpoint of Western sketching.
Above the Clouds and Kofu Suburbs, Shiramine mountain range are the artist's small-scale work on mountain range scenery. The scenery in Above the Clouds depicted with a variety of colour tones, the trees along the shoreline constitute a great contrast with the gentle lake painted with a monochromic tone. Ishikawa emphasised that sketching from nature is important to master the technique of translucency in watercolour. Also, the delicate variation between water and paint is predominant to produce realistic effects. In the foreground of Kofu Suburbs, Shiramine mountain range, the short, horizontal brushstrokes are applied to establish the gentle and smooth plain, while the gradual transition from earth tone to apple green implies the arrival of spring; the stream of river painted in smooth delicate sweeping strokes that flow from the middle ground to the foreground suggest movement of the tranquil water gently streaming through; set against the blue and white mountain range, the contour of the distant grass and trees seems to turn hazy within the dense, think mist in the mountain.