《山巒遠眺》
View in the mountain  

 

何永祥 ——《山巒遠眺》 

 

何永祥生平： 

 

何永祥（1949 - ），生於香港。早歲跟隨潘德修先生學習國畫，後從嶺南畫派大師趙少昂先生門下深詣，遂為嶺南畫派第三代門人。何先生作畫題材多元，擅於山水花鳥，魚蟲走獸等；其筆下的作品豪邁卻不失秀雅。何先生曾於1982年參與全臺灣青年國畫大展，其大作《御苑丹青》芙蓉花鳥畫，更獲得國立臺灣歷史博物館頒發優質作品奬狀，殊榮迭至。此外，何先生在數十年來，多次舉辦個展及受邀參加海內外的邀請展，碩果累累，成就非凡。何先生現為香港嶺南大學駐校水墨畫導師，並創辦逸峰書畫院，作育英才無數，可謂桃李滿天下。 

 

《山巒遠眺》闡釋： 

 

這幅畫作為《山巒遠眺》，屬寫實風格的作品，主要以山體為表現的對象。取材源自於何先生的一次離境經驗，飛機升空之際，他環顧四周，驚喜地發現了一座島嶼。此時此刻，何先生眼中只剩下了這座美島，建築物盡去無餘，一幅《山巒遠眺》橫空出世。 

 

何先生的作品以鳥瞰式角度取景。同時，何先生亦巧妙地運用了多點透視法來描繪山景。綜觀這些技巧，反映出這是一個自近山而望遠山的角度。在畫中運用這種時空觀，以平視的視點來描繪畫中的山景，可以使畫作打破了一般繪畫以一個視點，即焦點透視觀察的侷限，亦能展示出山川闊達的感覺。

 

 

Ho Wing Cheong — “View in the Mountain” 

 

Ho Wing Cheong’s Bio: 

 

Ho Wing Cheong (1949 - ), native Hong Kong. He started studying traditional Chinese painting under Mr. Pan Dexiu since childhood, and later under Mr. Zhao Shaoan, is a renowned third-generation painter of the Lingnan School. His artworks have covered many subjects, such as landscape, bird-and-flower, insects, animals, and fishes; his painting style is bold and elegant. Mr. Ho participated in a Taiwan painting exhibition in 1982; his masterpiece “Color of the Imperial Garden” was awarded by the National Museum of Taiwan History with an excellent certificate. In addition, over the past few decades, Mr. Ho has held numerous solo exhibitions and has been invited to participate in many exhibitions both at domestic and overseas. It can be said that he has a lot of fruitful achievements in his art. Mr. Ho is currently teaching Chinese Painting at the Lingnan University of Hong Kong and founded the Glorious Peaks Arts Academy, which has taught several students. 

 

The interpretation of “View in the Mountain”: 

 

View in the Mountain Range is a realistic style painting, mainly focusing on the expression of the mountains. The painting’s inspiration came from one of Mr. Ho’s experiences of leaving the country. As the plane was lifting off, he looked around and was surprised to find an island. At that moment, the only thing left in Mr. Ho’s eyes was this beautiful island, and there were no buildings left, so “View in the Mountain Range” was created. 

 

The artwork is framed from a birds-eye perspective. At the same time, Mr. Ho also skillfully uses multi-point perspective to depict the mountain scenes. It reflects that it is an angle of looking from the near mountain to the far mountain. Using the “horizontal distance” method, to depict the mountain scenes in the painting, can break the limitation of general painting to observe from one viewpoint, i.e., focus perspective, and to show the feeling of the broadness of the mountains and rivers.