Guo Hsi: Early Spring
Sung Dynasty / hanging scroll / ink and light color on silk
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Kuo Hsi (eleventh century) was a native of Wen-hsien, Honan province. His style name was
Shun-fu (Ch'un-fu). He was a follower of Li Ch'eng, but while the latter had a perfect
command of expressions in light ink, Kuo Hsi placed importance on the expression of space
incorporating the atmosphere as well as light and darkness, thus completing a more idealized state.
This painting, in which preeminent talent is inferred from the profound and exquisite
brushstrokes, is an outstanding masterpiece of Northern Sung painting along with Fan K'uan's
"Travellers among Mountains and Streams".
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