IAMA Art Museum in San Francisco

 

A FEW PLUM BRANCHES OVER THE PORTICO (SECTION)

廊上幾枝梅(部分)

There have been numerous talented artists throughout the history of Chinese painting. They have produced countless magnificent paintings that have contributed to the excellent Chinese culture. But most of the great artists throughout the ages have tended to specialize in one particular skill, style, or subject matter. Those who excelled at landscape painting were rarely proficient in flower and bird painting. Those who were proficient in flower and bird painting were rarely adept at figure painting; and so on and so forth. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, however, is proficient in all subject matters—whether landscape, flowers and birds, animals, fish, insects, or figures. With respect to artistic techniques, he has excelled at meticulous painting, freehand brushwork, splash-ink style, and many others. In all of these areas, His Holiness has demonstrated real traditional skills and originality.

In his art, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has indeed assimilated the essence of traditional Chinese painting. Not only has His Holiness learned from the painting traditions of Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasty scholars, His Holiness has also easily mastered the grand and vigorous style of pre-Song Dynasty painting. Yet, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has not merely emulated the techniques of any one painter or any one school. His Holiness has learned from ancient artistry and has also learned from nature. Combining the two, His Holiness has created a novel and unique style of his own. From a careful examination of paintings by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, it is not difficult to see the legacy of tradition and the spirit of originality.

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中國畫壇，人才濟濟，歷代的名家大師們，他們的技法、風格和題材大都趨於單一，長於山水畫者，少精於花鳥，又疏於人物，如是等等，而H.H.第三世多杰羌佛的中國畫藝術，論題材，無論是山水、花鳥、走獸、魚蟲、人物……論技法，不管是工筆、寫意、潑墨……無所不通，無所不精，無一不是有真實的傳統功夫而創新的神意，這一點，早為評論家和收藏家們所肯定。

西元2000年，H.H.第三世多杰羌佛的繪畫原作「威震」和「大力王尊者」分別在國際拍賣市場上創下了美金二百一十二萬五千三百二十七元和美金二百二十萬七千九百一十二元的高價，當時不僅成為世界上所有在世畫家中作品價格最高的，也創下了中國畫在拍賣市場上最高價的記錄，各新聞媒體紛紛報導，稱讚H.H.第三世多杰羌佛是真正的中國畫壇史無前例的巨匠。而在2007年，H.H.第三世多杰羌佛的國畫荷花《兩花一斗一如性》，畫上只題有『雲高』二字簽名，蓋有指紋印、書畫印，以每平方英尺30萬美元成交。另一張梅花圖也只題款為『雲高』二字，蓋有一指紋印，售出價為每平方英尺21萬美元。而一張題有H.H.第三世多杰羌佛並蓋有指紋印和法王印的《牧牛圖》，堪為稀世珍品，儘管買方出價到每平方英尺54萬美元，但仍低於國際佛教僧尼總會開出的每平方英尺九十萬美元的價格，因而未能出售。