Guo Xi

Guo Xī (Chinese郭熙, Pinyin Xī Guo, Kuo Hsi W.-G.; * 1020 in Wenxian ( Henan Province ); † Kaifeng 1090 ) was a Chinese landscape painter of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Life

After training at Li Cheng Guo worked as a court painter at the Academy of Song Emperor Shenzong, the Guo's style very appreciated. Its 1085 Come to the throne successor Zhezong however, put greater emphasis on naturalistic, object faithfully as possible, painting and so far could do with the sometimes almost fantastic acting images Guo Xi's less. As a result, therefore, fell the star of the artist, his works were removed from public collections and partially destroyed, which is why they have been preserved only in relatively small numbers.

Quaint work

In his paintings continued Guo developed the perspective by paler about distant parts of the landscape and painted brighter than nearer to the viewer. On it was the then novel technique to generate one from " height distance ", " deep distance" and "Far far away " existing multiple perspective goes back, which he calls " total angle " called. Characteristic of his landscapes are typical, as " cancer shear tightness branch " designated tree representations. Overall, these techniques give the pictures Guo Xī a sometimes quite fantastic character. Among the best known works by the artist include the fall in the river valley as well as the early spring of the year 1072.

Art Theory

In addition, Guo worked as an art theorist and wrote the treatise in particular, the serene beauty of forest and stream. He took the view that the viewer of a painting must have the impression to be in place to be able to move in the painted landscape as in reality. For this, the artist must capture the spirit and character traits of the objects. Also developed Guo a very detailed system of idiomatic brushstrokes, should have the major influence on subsequent generations of painters.

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