School Children of Ice-Covered Mountains

One of the most outstanding artists in contemporary Chinese history, Huang worked and lived in the frontier region of China for more than thirty years. With figures and animals as his main subjects, his freehand technique reached an incredible level of mastery. In fact, his paintings can be called historical scrolls of a new era.

Bing Shan Xue Tong (Children of Ice-Covered Mountains) is the most exceptional of his works, and he created many such paintings in various sizes throughout his lifetime. The painting you see here showcases his natural, free brush style in which he truly achieves order within chaos while being utterly unrestrained and unattached. Given such naturally charming artistry, it is not difficult to see that Huang’s ability to sketch scenes from life was rarely matched by any other accomplished artist in history. This piece is vivacious, penetrating, and vast and is considered the most exquisite of all the Children of Ice-Covered Mountains paintings he created in his life. When he finally set his brush down at its completion, this masterpiece stunned everyone.