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    YANG SANLANG (1907-1995)

    Gilded Mountainscape

    Oil on Canvas
    97x130.5cm

    Signed S. Yang in English

    Estimate TWD 2,800,000-3,200,000
    USD 91,500-104,600
    HKD 0-0

    Hammer Price TWD 2,950,000
    USD 0
    HKD 0

With a certificate of authenticity from Yang San Long Art Museum

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Born in 1907, Yang San Lang was one of the first generation artists, notable as other famous Taiwanese artists such as Yen Shui Lung, Li Mei Shu, Liao Chi Chun, Chen Cheng Po. He was also one of the founders of Tai-Yang Art Association. His articulate drawing skills and sense for art has always been celebrated among artists at early age. Yang San Lang became an influential father of art had he spent most of his life contributing to countless art movements and events. An acquaintance of his once said, “Yang San Lang had always been the one who charged and break through battle lines in Taiwanese art industry.”

Yang San Lang was born in a wealthy land-owning family, his father was also a well-known poet in Dadaocheng, Taipei. At the age of sixteen, he traveled to Japan with his strong passion for art; he studied at the Dayton Art Institute. He later pursued his continued education in France in 1932 with artist Liu Chih Siang. He took the opportunity to visit museums and galleries looking for inspirations that earn his nomination at Le Salon d’Automne the following year. Later, Yang San Lang traveled back home looking for ways to promote aesthetic in Taiwan. A mix of Japanese plein airism and France impressionism can be observed from Yang San Lang’s paintings. He concentrated on the depiction of nature, expressing subtle emotions through objective drawings and sceneries. His controlled and unrestrained brushstrokes collectively show structural order. His other signature techniques include the use of light and shadows, which he bring into each painting to emphasize the sense of fleeting moment and his interest in the essence of his subject. 

Yang San Lang spent almost his entire art career painting plein air. It is a way the artist had chosen to celebrate human’s affection and the objective perspective for nature. In order to record and appreciate nature, one must travel and retain what the nature has to teach onto a canvas. The artist was especially skillful at illustrating sceneries of mountains; woods, seasons, and weather, for each there was a unique way of interpreting. His spontaneous mood was projected through free lines and layers of colors, accomplished with intricate details and tension. In Gilded Mountatinscape he applied his classic composition by presenting the autumn mahogany woods in the foreground. Green vibrant mountain hills are placed behind the layer, followed by the white snowy ridges in the background. The layers come together to harmoniously deliver a parallel horizontal composition. The mountains hold great momentum that simultaneously express their peacefulness and particular charm through the ability of life. Although the setting is in rustling fall, the colors used in the painting have successfully furnished a lively vibe. Yang San Lang’s passion for plein air was recognized. In his late years, he remained determined to travel and see more of the world. Even by the hospital bed, he would set up his canvas without giving up on recording the environment around him, filling the room with traces of interacting lives and nature.

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