The Fu Baoshi and Fu Yiyao Art Authentication and Appreciation Exhibition is being enthusiastically showcased.
▲Fu Yiyao’s work – The Nachi Fire Festival. (Photo courtesy of Mo Hai Lou)
Reporter Chen Youjia】
The “Transmission of the Great Way – Fu Baoshi and Fu Yiyao Art Authentication and Appreciation Exhibition” curated by Dr. Ye Guoxin of Mo Hai Lou is now on display at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Exhibition Hall 1, from today until November 6. This exhibition marks the first cross-sea joint display of rare masterpieces by Fu Baoshi and his daughter Fu Yiyao. A special seminar will also be held on November 2 at 3 p.m., featuring Fu Yiyao and art authentication expert Dr. Ye Guoxin in a discussion.
Curator Dr. Ye Guoxin noted that the exhibition will feature many classic works by Fu Yiyao, as well as several authentic pieces by Fu Baoshi, passed down through the Fu family. This exhibition emphasizes the unique artistic and spiritual legacy between father and daughter, hoping to allow the public to experience the deep cultural heritage they represent.
Fu Yiyao, a Japanese citizen of Chinese descent, followed in her father’s footsteps to study in Japan in the 1980s and has lived there for over 40 years. Her works have a distinct personal vocabulary and have been collected by museums around the world, as well as by famous shrines in Japan, fully inheriting the Fu family’s artistic spirit. Fu Yiyao mainly creates temple wall paintings, works on Japanese folk festivals, poetic art, and traditional landscapes. Many of her works are collected by significant shrines and sacred sites in Japan, and the content often relates to world cultural heritage sites, such as the National Treasure Hall of Enryaku-ji on Mount Hiei, Kyoto’s Sanjūsangendō, the Sanzenin Temple in Kyoto’s Ohara, the Enmanji Temple in Yokohama, and the Ryūdōin Temple in Nagano Prefecture. Her representative works include The Spread of Buddhism in the East, Enryaku-ji on Mount Hiei, Tendai Mountain Guoqing Temple, and The Four Seasons of Sanzenin.
▲Fu Yiyao’s work – Enryaku-ji on Mount Hiei. (Photo courtesy of Mo Hai Lou)
The exhibition features several masterpieces by Fu Baoshi, including his iconic Qu Yuan Nine Songs: Mountain Ghosts, which was inspired by the poet Qu Yuan of the Chu state, as well as the unmissable round fan artwork Xiang Jun. This round fan was Fu Baoshi’s last piece, created for his wife’s birthday, along with numerous landscape paintings by Fu Baoshi, each of which is considered a precious masterpiece.
Since 2011, Fu Baoshi’s peak-period creation, Mao Zedong’s Poetic Scroll, fetched a record price of nearly 1 billion NTD at auction, making it a leading piece in the “billion-dollar club” of the Chinese art market. Several other artworks followed suit, breaking the 100-million-yuan mark. In the 2017 Beijing Poly Spring Auction, Fu Baoshi’s final large-scale landscape painting, Majestic Moutain of Mount Mao, sold for nearly 800 million NTD, making it the second-highest price after The Cloud and the Great Commander and Mao Zedong’s Poetic Scroll. This exhibition, bringing together such a large collection of Fu Baoshi’s works, is truly a rare occasion.
One of the highlights of this exhibition is the “Imitating Father’s Brush” series, in which Fu Yiyao was invited to recreate her father’s brushwork. This special series shows Fu Yiyao’s ability to perfectly emulate Fu Baoshi’s painting style, with the delicate details and spirit that he embodied in his works. Fu Baoshi’s painting style was highly beloved by the public, and as his cherished daughter, Fu Yiyao had the rare privilege of closely observing her father’s every brushstroke, stance, and expression while he painted. It is said that Fu Baoshi rarely painted in front of others, not even allowing close family members to be around when he painted—Fu Yiyao was the sole exception. She also inherited the special materials that her father used, including his brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone. This enabled her to understand the nuances of his art and fully recreate his technique, reaching a level of perfect resemblance both in form and spirit.
This exhibition will showcase several national treasures that have never left Japan, and many of the works will be displayed for the first time in Taiwan. The exhibition includes a diverse range of classic artworks such as calligraphy, painting, and porcelain, all representing the finest periods of Fu Baoshi’s and Fu Yiyao’s art. It offers an opportunity for audiences to experience these precious pieces without having to travel to Japan.
Whether it’s the “Imitating Father’s Brush” series, full of new life and extraordinary resemblance; the majestic four-panel screen Three Thirty-Three Temple; the vibrant and grand folk festival paintings like Tokushima Awa Odori Festival; or the poetic Zen-infused paintings and exquisite porcelain art, all these and more can be enjoyed in this exhibition. The show comprehensively presents their artistic journey, with a systematic and thorough review of their creative process—inviting viewers to savor and appreciate the works in detail.
▲Fu Baoshi’s round fan artwork Xiang Jun was his last piece created for his wife’s birthday. (Image provided by Mo Hai Lou)
來源 : Commercial Times
