Penglai Hermit, from the series Yellow Mountain
Zhao Zongzao, Penglai Hermit, from the series Yellow Mountain, 1982, woodblock print on paper, The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection, © unknown, research required, 1997.228.437
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- Title
Penglai Hermit, from the series Yellow Mountain
- Related Titles
series (translated): Yellow Mountain
translated: Penglai Hermit
- Artist
- Date
1982
- Medium
woodblock print on paper
- Edition
47/100
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 18 5/8 in x 15 3/4 in; sheet: 23 1/8 in x 18 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
date; signature: 1982 趙宗藻, graphite, lower right Transliteration: 1982 Zhao Zongzao Language: Chinese
series title: 黄山组画之二, graphite, lower left Translation: from the Yellow Mountain [Huangshan] series Language: Chinese
title: 仙蓬莱, graphite, lower left Transliteration (Translation): Xian Penglai (Celestial [Mount] Penglai) Language: Chinese
edition: 47/100, graphite, lower left
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Chinese
- Credit Line
The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection
- Accession Number
1997.228.437
- Copyright
© unknown, research required
- Terms
A professor at the prestigious China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, Zhao is one of the most prominent printmakers working in China today. Like many of his contemporaries, he was inspired by Lu Xun’s use of black-and-white woodblock prints as a medium for political themes, and much of his early work was in that mode.
In his Yellow Mountain series, Zhao depicts the bucolic landscape of Jiangnan, the region south of the Yangtze River. Here he captures the dramatic scenery of Penglai Three Island, a site deep in the Huangshan range. He exploits the grain of the printing block and the absorbent quality of the paper to mimic the effects of traditional Chinese ink painting.