Artists Artwork Detail

Splashed Ink Landscape

artist

Chang Daichien

Media

Splashed ink and colour on paper

size

57.50 W x 118 L cm

years

1981

Work Description

This late splashed-ink and splashed-color masterpiece by Chang Daichien unfolds like a mountain landscape emerging from primordial mist. Ink flows with spontaneous vitality across the surface, while mineral blues and greens shimmer through layered washes, constructing a vast and atmospheric vision of mountains suspended between abstraction and reality.


Delicate touches of fine brushwork later define small figures and shadowed trees, gradually introducing rhythm and structure within the seemingly unrestrained composition. Through this dynamic interplay between spontaneity and control, the landscape takes form in a state of continuous transformation.


Merging the expressive freedom of modern abstraction with the spirit of traditional Chinese ink painting, the work reveals both monumental grandeur and remarkable subtlety. Expansive yet deeply refined, it stands among the most innovative expressions of Chang’s late artistic vision, marking a pinnacle of his legendary career. 

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