On the Datong Lake, 1978|Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, dated wuwu year (1978), inscribed and signed Lin Sanzhi, with three artist's seals reading Lin Sanzhi yin, danian, and cengdeng taibai. |53 1/2 x 13 3/8in (136 x 34cm)|林散之 大通湖上 設色紙本 立軸 1978年作Published Su Lü ed., Lin Sanzhi shuhua ji, Jiangsu renmin meishu chubanshe, 2008, p.69 出版蘇旅編，《林散之書畫集》，江蘇人民美術出版社，2008年，頁69A native of Anhui, Lin Sanzhi relocated to Shanghai in 1929 to study the art of landscape painting under his fellow Anhui native Huang Binhong (1864-1955). Later in Lin Sanzhi's career his focus would turn to calligraphy, especially developing his own cursive style that reflected his deep understanding of archaic inscriptions in bronze and on stone. However his mode of landscape painting would stay near to his teacher, relying on on-the-spot sketches and the use of heavy, dark ink.