Lot 4
44 x 59 cm ; 61 x 79 cm ( with frame )
ink and colour on paper
signed and stampel with artist's seal lower left
Provenance: Private collection, Canada; Private collection, Asia (Acquired from the above)
钟泗滨《河上的船》1960年作 彩墨 纸本
款识：亖宾（左下）
来源：加拿大私人收藏； 亚洲私人收藏（购自于上述机构)
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Notes:
In Cheong Soo Pieng's rich and diverse artistic language, scenes of water villages always take up a significant place. "Boat on the River" depicts a tranquil and poetic riverside village, where muted hues and refined brushwork join to create a dreamlike spatiality, synchronously tangible and detached, as if it is a fragment of memory.
Layered in structure, the upper part of the painting features houses clustered along a slope, where lines are interlaced horizontally and vertically, evoking an abstract visual effect, with simplified buildings and trees forming into geometric order; the lower part transitions into the realm of water, where boats drift lazily, figures sit and recline, revealing the vitality of life. Cheong skillfully employs contrasts of density and void, leaving an ethereal blank to the water surface, thus forming a rhythmic contrast with the dense structure on the shore.
Notably, Cheong Soo Pieng weaved the technique of pointillism, enriching the surface with effects that shimmer with tonal variation. This approach combines the poetic sense of Eastern ink painting and the texture of Western printmaking. With minimalist strokes, he captures profound humanistic sensibilities: the resonance between man and nature, life and environment, imbuing a warmth of time in silence.
This lot stands as a vivid embodiment of Cheong Soo Pieng's "Neo-Eastern Painting" vision. He not only inherits the tradition of Chinese landscape and figures, but is also deeply inspired by the relationship between modernist plane composition and color. The ambiance between abstraction and representation in the work invites endless contemplation, which leads to the enduring appeal of his oeuvre among collectors and scholars alike.
在钟泗滨丰富而多元的艺术语言中，水乡题材始终占据着重要一席。此幅《河上的船》描绘的是一个宁静、诗意的河岸村落，画面以淡雅设色与凝练线条共同构建出一种近乎梦境的空间感，既真实又抽离，仿佛是记忆深处的残影。
作品结构层次分明，上半部为依坡而建的屋舍，线条横竖交错，仿若抽象构成，简化的建筑与树木形成几何图式的秩序美感；下半部则转入水域，舟船浮动，人物或倚或坐，呈现一种不事张扬的日常气息。钟氏于平面构图中善用疏密与虚实的对比，让水面空灵留白，与岸上密集的结构形成立体的韵律节奏。
值得注意的是，钟泗滨采用了极具个人风格的“点墨与拓印”技法，使画面肌理丰富、墨色斑斓，兼具东方水墨的意蕴与西方版画般的肌理质感。他用最简约的笔触，捕捉最复杂的人文情感——人与自然之间的呼应、生活与环境之间的默契，在静谧中流露出一种时间的温度。
此作堪称钟泗滨“新东方绘画”理念的鲜明写照。他既继承中国山水与人物传统，又深受现代主义平面构成与色彩关系的启发。作品中那种介于抽象与具象之间的氛围，令人回味无穷，也正是他作品历久弥新、深受藏家与学界推崇的关键所在。 - Condition: This work overall is in good condition. No apparent traces of restoration and retouching on this work.
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