Description 雲山秋碧 Autumn Mountains in Clouds
釋文：雲山秋碧圖。
款識：壯暮翁稚柳，魚飲谿堂。
鈐印：謝（朱文）、稚柳（白文）、苦篁齋（朱文）
Signed Zhi-Liu in Chinese
With three seals of the artist
謝稚柳，生於江蘇常州書香門第，原名稚，字稚柳，後以字行，晚號壯暮翁，齋名魚飲溪堂、杜齋、煙江樓、苦篁齋，少習經史子集，筆墨丹青多有涉獵。曾任南京大學藝術系教授，致力於古畫研究鑑別的工作，並與張蔥玉齊名，世稱「北張南謝」。謝稚柳早年的創作，多效法陳洪綬，筆意簡練高古；後仿宋人筆法及青綠山水，多作工筆，尺幅品項精緻完整；又因研究徐熙「落墨法」，而自創「江南畫派」一脈，晚年作品縱筆恣肆、潑墨潑彩交融。
《雲山秋碧圖》全圖色澤清麗脫俗，披麻、斧劈與折帶皴兼施，前景雙勾畫松樹形體奇踞盤桓，樹幹以點皴為瘤，後用筆毛刮成扁鋒勾畫松針，墨色暈瀋成寫意之景，更添靈秀。山石以石綠、石青敷色，兩色互融成為一體，兼施以淡赭色，作出層次分明的立體感；遠山群峰雲霧繚繞，水色浸潤中可見自然的玄妙與壯闊，洋紅點出一抹秋意瀟灑，讓畫中山水的絢爛增添空靈。綜觀全圖可見謝氏以壯闊馭從容，畫名山大川而用筆雋秀，呈現濃郁秀麗的典型江南畫派風格。
Xie Zhi-Liu was born in Chang Zhou, Jiangsu to a family of scholars. From studies of history and literature at his early age, Xie Zhi-Liu also excelled in paintings. He was a professor of the Arts Faculty at the Nanjing University, specialized in studies of ancient scrolls. He was recognized with Zhang Cong-Yu as "North Zhang, South Xie". In his early career, his simplistic style resembled closely with Chen Hong-Shou. His later artistic style followed the Song schools portraying landscapes in gongbi style. He invented Jiangnan School following his research in Xu Xi and his splashed works in a later period revealed a carefree style.
This work has a fresh composition with variations of hemp-strokes, axe and broken cun strokes. Meandering pine trees were put in the foreground. Their trunks were painted with cun dots and the leaves were added with slanted strokes. A luscious forest was depicted with saturated ink. A combination of green, turquoise and ochre was used to create a realistic landscape. Mountain ranges afar were surrounded by thick mist and clouds. The harmonious colour combination composed a natural depiction of autumn scene. The overall scene of a vast landscape in lush depiction has close resemblance to a classical Jiangnan style.
Dimensions 44 x 58 cm
Artist or Maker XIE ZHI-LIU (Chinese, 1910-1997)
Medium 水墨 設色 紙本 立軸 Ink and colour on paper, scroll
Provenance 香港蘇富比，2015年4月6日，編號1522 Sotheby's Hong Kong, 6 April, 2015, Lot 1522
