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    LIU JIUTONG (b.1977)

    Ethereal Mountain after Rain

    2009

    Oil on Canvas
    150x150cm

    Signed Liu Jiu Tong in Chinese, dated 2009 Signed on the reverse: Liu Jiu Tong and Shanghai in Chinese, dated 2009, inscribed 150x150cm

    Estimate TWD 850,000-1,000,000
    USD 26,200-30,800
    HKD 0-0

    Hammer Price TWD 960,000
    USD 29,795
    HKD 231,325

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“The Serene Mountains Freshened by the Rains”
By Liu Jiu-Tong

Growing up in the vast desert in Shaanxi, the vicissitudes and the staunchness of the boundless barren land became an underlying current that later influenced Mr. Liu Jiu-Tong’s art. Liu graduated from Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts; his in-depth knowledge of culture and extensive adoption of folk elements enabled him to introduce new ways to appreciate beauty and to express his artwork. His creations were also imbued with the Chang’an School of Painting’s magnificent, vigorous style. After graduation, Liu moved to Beijing to work on his art, and then settled down in Shanghai, where collisions and exchanges of various world cultures took place. Liu was immersed in the “Shanghai Culture,” and as a result, his creative styles rapidly transformed. From “The Smokes and Dusts in Shanghai” to “The Waves at the Bund,” and from “The Yangtze River Delta” to “The Winds and Clouds of the Wu Mountain,” the four main series explicitly portrayed the artist’s journey and the changes in his art. Pang Jiun once commented, “Liu Jiu-Tong will think of ways to depict more changes, and to bring out richer composition in his journey of creativity. With his experience in using the vibrant colors in European oil paintings, it takes great knowledge to reveal Chinese literati’s abstract spirit, as well as the delight of spontaneous expressions and the rhythms of inks. There is no need to rush toward ‘mass production.’ If he paints while he thinks, the result will definitely be extraordinary.”

Liu Jiu-Tong is adept at creating artworks that are full of oriental poetic essence. He injects into the paintings the strength and images that are found within his profound understanding of Chinese arts and humanity, and projects the notion of high mountains and flowing streams—the unfolding layers appropriately depicts the majestic, boundless landscape. In “The Serene Mountains Freshened by the Rains,” Liu used the paints to pile up the fierce and steady features of the mountains, and used the colors white and cyan to create the mellow, pleasant atmosphere after raining. Like the drizzling rain, the beauty drenched the heaven and earth, both refreshing and refined. In the painting, we also find uneven, three-dimensional surface, giving the mountains and the rain breadth and depth. This redefined the spatial perception of the painting. Moreover, in the tranquil and elegant hues, we see the bold and unrestrained dyeing and painting techniques as well. The contradicting strokes actually blended robustness, subtleness, roughness, and exquisiteness together; it also created an aesthetic realm where Liu Jiu-Tong successfully integrated Eastern and Western painting techniques.

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