The Mei Yun Tang Collection Of Paintings By Chang Dai-chien — From Heritage to Breakthrough

The Mei Yun Tang Collection Of Paintings By Chang Dai-chien — From Heritage to Breakthrough

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梅雲堂藏張大千畫 — 不負古人告後人︳The Mei Yun Tang Collection Of Paintings By Chang Dai-chien — From Heritage to Breakthrough

Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien, 1899-1983)

張大千 按樂圖 | Zhang Daqian, Musical Performance

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張大千 (1899-1983)

按樂圖

設色紙本 立軸 一九四四年作


高嶺梅署簽


簽書︰按樂圖。大千八哥作精品。嶺梅永寶之。


款識︰ 

甲申秋日青城山中作。大千居士張爰。


雲璈錦瑟爭為壽。嶺梅老弟乙酉開歲百福,爰頌。


鈐印︰「張爰」、「張大千」、「張爰」、「三千大千」。


90 x 75.6 cm. 35⅜ x 29¾ in.


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Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien, 1899-1983)

Musical Performance


ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, 1944

with four seals of the artist. Titleslip by Kao Ling-mei


Inscription:

Painted at Mount Qingcheng in the autumn of the jiashen year, Dai-chien Jushi Chang Yuan.


Ornamented gongs and brocade zithers are all too eager to offer birthday greetings. A hundred fortunes to my "brother" Ling-mei at the beginning of the yiyou year, with auspicious greetings from Yuan.


90 x 75.6 cm. 35 ⅜ x 29 ¾ in.

〈張大千國畫展覽目次〉,一九四四年十月,編號31

〈中央日報〉(上海,一九四七年十二月三日)

〈今日畫報〉(一九四九年,第六期),頁26

〈天星日報〉(香港,一九五八年三月十六日)

〈張大千國畫展覽:週甲聲聞之壽〉(香港,東方藝術公司,一九五八年三月),目錄編號3

〈張大千畫展〉(香港,東方藝術公司,一九六三年三月),新加坡展品目錄編號86

〈張大千畫展〉(香港,東方藝術公司,一九六三年六月),吉隆坡展品目錄編號86

〈張大千畫展〉(香港,東方藝術公司,一九六三年十一月),怡保展品目錄編號86

〈張大千畫展〉(香港,東方藝術公司,一九六三年十二月),檳城展品目錄編號86

〈張大千畫展〉(香港,東方藝術公司,一九六四年九月),曼谷展品目錄編號86

〈張大千畫展〉(香港,東方藝術公司,一九六五年二月),合艾展品目錄編號86

〈張大千的世界〉謝家孝著,(臺北,徵信新聞社,一九六八年初版),彩圖1

〈梅雲堂藏張大千畫〉目錄,高美慶編(香港,香港中文大學文物館,一九九三年四月),圖版7

〈不負古人告後人-張大千的繪畫藝術〉,高美慶著,〈二十一世紀〉,第17期 (一九九三年六月),頁48、封底

〈香港梅雲堂所藏張大千之繪畫〉目錄(東京,澀谷區立松濤美術館,一九九五年),圖版7

〈傳統中國畫風的國際化發展〉,巴東撰,刊於〈張大千在加州〉目錄(三藩巿,三藩巿大學,一九九九年),頁28


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Exhibition of Chinese Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, exhibition catalogue, October 1944, exhibit no. 31

Central Daily News, Shanghai, December 3, 1947

To-Day, issue No. 6, 1949, p. 26

The Star Daily News, Hong Kong, March 16, 1958

Exhibition of Chinese Paintings by Prof. Chang Dai Chien, exhibition catalogue, East Arts Company, Hong Kong, March 1958, exhibit no. 3

Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, exhibition catalogue, East Art Co., Hong Kong, March 1963, Singapore exhibit no. 86

Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, exhibition catalogue, East Art Co., Hong Kong, June 1963, Kuala Lumpur exhibit no. 86

Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, exhibition catalogue, East Art Co., Hong Kong, November 1963, Ipoh exhibit no. 86

Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, exhibition catalogue, East Art Co., Hong Kong, December 1963, Penang exhibit no. 86

Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, exhibition catalogue, East Art Co., Hong Kong, September 1964, Bangkok exhibit no. 86

Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, exhibition catalogue, East Art Co., Hong Kong, February 1965, Haadyai exhibit no. 86

The World of Chang Dai-chien, written by Xie Jiaxiao, Zhengxin Press Co. Ltd., Taipei, 1968, pl.1 

The Mei Yun Tang Collection of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, edited by Kao Mayching, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Art Gallery, Hong Kong, April 1993, pl. 7

"Nexus between Past and Future: The Art of Chang Dai-chien", written by Kao Mayching, published in Twenty-First Century, issue No. 17, June 1993, p. 48, back cover

The Mei Yun Tang Collection of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, Shoto Museum of Art, Japan, 1995, pl. 7

"Chang Dai-chien and the Development of an International Chinese Painting Style", written by Ba Tong, published in Chang Dai-chien in California, San Francisco State University, California, USA, 1999, p. 28

四川成都,成都大樓,〈張大千國畫展覽〉,一九四四年十月廿日至廿三日

香港,東方藝術公司,〈張大千國畫展覽:週甲聲聞之壽〉,一九五八年三月十五至二十日

新加坡,維多利亞紀念堂,〈張大千畫展〉,一九六三年三月十二日至十七日

馬來亞,吉隆坡,語文局,〈張大千畫展〉,一九六三年六月二十四日至七月二日

馬來亞,怡保,古岡州公會,〈張大千畫展〉,一九六三年十一月九日至十六日

馬來亞,檳城,檳城博物院,〈張大千畫展〉,一九六三年十二月二十日至一九六四年一月二日

泰國,曼谷,介壽堂及京華銀行,〈張大千畫展〉,一九六四年九月十二日至二十五日

泰國,合艾,客屬會館,〈張大千畫展〉,一九六五年二月二日至八日

香港,香港中文大學文物館,〈梅雲堂藏張大千畫〉,一九九三年四月十七日至五月二十三日

日本,東京,澀谷區立松濤美術館,〈香港·梅雲堂所藏張大千之繪畫〉,一九九五年四月五日至五月二十一日

新加坡,新加坡美術館,〈梅雲堂藏張大千畫〉,一九九七年二月二十八日至四月二十七日


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Sichuan, Chengdu, Chengdu Mansion, Exhibition of Chinese Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, 20-23 October 1944

Hong Kong, East Arts Company, Exhibition of Chinese Paintings by Prof. Chang Dai Chien, 15-20 March 1958

Singapore, Victoria Memorial Hall, Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, 12-17 March 1963

Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka, Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, 24 June-2 July, 1963

Malaya, Ipoh, Ku Kong Chow Kung Wai, Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, 9-16 November 1963

Malaya, Penang, Penang Museum, Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, 20 December 1963 – 2 January 1964

Thailand, Bangkok, Kai Shou Hall & Metropolitan Bank, Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, 12-25 September 1964

Thailand, Haadyai, Hakkas Association Auditorium, Exhibition of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, 2-8 February 1965

Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Art Gallery, The Mei Yun Tang Collection of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, 17 April-23 May 1993

Japan, Tokyo, Shoto Museum of Art, The Mei Yun Tang Collection of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, 5 April-21 May 1995

Singapore, Singapore Art Museum, The Mei Yun Tang Collection of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien, 28 February-27 April 1997

「此畫以構圖出奇制勝,猶如攝影取景,特寫唐宮的一角。眾樂工在龍紋畫棟後奏樂,半掩半露。此種構圖,已見於日本浮世繪,法國印象派畫家亦曾受影響,而在中國繪畫則屬較新穎的嘗試。此畫初次展出時,備受贊揚,認爲是開創了國畫的新紀元。」


—節錄高美慶〈梅雲堂藏張大千畫概説〉


註:一九四四年秋,大千偕家眷、門人寄居青城山中,某日因與夫人口角,負氣離家,躲入成都小廟,遂得清淨潛心創作,閉關數日,完成〈按樂〉、〈春燈〉、〈採蓮〉、〈讀畫〉工筆仕女畫四幀,自詡為得意之筆,遂喜笑顔開,主動歸家。此番趣事,見載於謝家孝〈張大千的世界〉,乃源自大千親述,其中之〈按樂〉即本幅。


是年十月,〈張大千國畫展〉假蓉城春熙路成都大樓舉辦,上述四幀人物赫然陳其列,一經展出,回響熱烈,陸丹林更盛贊其開創國畫新紀元。展覽目錄中,此四幀定價為六十萬圓,倍數於其它作品。一説展覽時標爲非賣品,眾人求而不得,足証畫家珍視之甚。展畢,他將〈春燈〉奉予摯友張群,一九四五年歲始,又特摭宋代徐去非〈捲珠帘〉詞意,題以「雲璈錦瑟爭為壽」,將〈按樂〉作爲新年賀禮,持贈知音高嶺梅。〈採蓮〉或自存,今歸四川美術學院,〈讀畫〉則未明去向,有説屬海外私人收藏。


從傳世資料看,大千創作該題材工筆仕女組畫惟二,兩組尺幅相若,僅高度略有差異。另組繪製於一九四七年夏,其中〈讀畫〉易為〈嬰戲〉,惜今僅知〈按樂〉屬私人收藏,餘者歸屬不詳。


一九四四年本中,流傳可見之〈按樂〉、〈春燈〉、〈採蓮〉構圖皆機杼獨出,人物既為主體,亦著意精細描劃場景配置,復強調兩者和諧交融之關係。據一九四七年本畫家題跋,〈按樂〉乃憶寫大風堂舊藏無款〈明皇按樂圖卷〉,該卷描寫唐明皇、楊貴妃宮廷賞樂之盛況,上具李東陽、張大千題跋,並鈐張善子鑒藏印,可推知其早於四十年代已歸大風堂,一九八三年由大千家屬捐贈臺北故宮博物院。


本幅未取原卷之全景,僅擷奏樂之一段,加以衍化。視綫自開敞的竹屏投入宮殿,衹見眾女樂官正合奏樂曲。左側二朱梁精繪巨爪飛龍,聚集焦點,諸樂官呈S型魚貫席坐其間,箜篌、排簫、八角琴、橫笛、雲鑼、檀板齊鳴,據案女子凝神靜聼,扣指輕和節拍。服飾、樂器、地毯等元素對原卷多有借鑒。另見大千臨摹敦煌〈三十六窟中唐畫伎樂菩薩〉,奏樂場景與本幅頗有相似處,或亦啓發其創作。畫家藉梁棟、竹簾之障,營造出樂官、樂器且遮且露,勾人心緒之神秘感,賞心悅目,又教人如聞繞梁之音,盈耳不絕,如此巧思,實為中國畫之創例。


若細看畫面,梁柱左側朱紅覆蓋之下隱現几案、地毯、衣裙痕跡,乃畫家完成上述元素著色後,復將梁柱拓寬,使之呈上窄下闊,如此更符合透視比例,亦愈發吸睛奪目,彰顯大千創作之嚴謹入微,可證此即祖本無疑。


四十年代初,大千遠涉西陲,埋首石窟三載,勤力研習,對其人物畫之演變發展影響深遠,本幅即屬顯證。圓勁靈動之綫條,厚重燦然之顏彩,無不昭示敦煌精神之啓迪。諸女性體態腴健,衣飾華貴,既雍容,又不失「林下風度」,眉目尤爲點睛之筆,顧盼生輝,唐人盛世風華畢現矣!


參考資料:

〈張大千的世界〉謝家孝著,(臺北,徵信新聞社,一九六八年初版),頁163-164

張大千臨摹敦煌〈三十六窟中唐畫伎樂菩薩〉可參見〈大風堂臨摹敦煌壁畫第一集〉(成都,西南印書局,一九四四年一月),圖版3

贈張群〈春燈〉可參見〈張大千110歲書畫紀念特展〉(臺北,歷史博物館,二〇〇九年四月),頁92-93

一九四七年〈唐宮按樂圖〉可參見上述出版物頁94-95