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Huang Jucai (黄居寀) (933-?): courtesy name Bo Luan; native of Chengdu, Sichuan Province. He was the youngest son of Huang Quan, a court painter for Later Shu and Song consecutively. He was an expert in flowers, birds and landscapes; his style is neatly organized, splendid and gorgeous, leading the painters of the time. This work “Partridge and Thorn Tit” portrays birds playing on stones near a spring. A partridge stands on a low stone, lowering its body to drink. Six tits fly and pause on withered branches, gather and disperse. The way Huang Jucai paints partridges and tits are overall similar to the way his father Huang Quan (黄筌) painted “Precious Birds Painted from Life”, but more vivid, due to the fact that the former is a narrative work while the later was used for tutoring. The shapes and light-ink strokes of rocks are well-painted with texture, looking like miniature mountains, and establishing the coming of age of landscape painting in the Song Dynasties that were to follow. source: The Art Book of Chinese Painting, by Ming Deng, published by Long River Press |