石渠寶笈三編(延春閣),第四冊,頁1606 &*故宮書畫錄(卷五),第三冊,頁189&*故宮書畫圖錄,第四冊,頁223-224&*顧安,生卒年不詳。作品見於至正五年(西元一三四五)至明洪武癸丑(西元一三七三)年間。江蘇人,字定之。元順帝元統年間(西元一三三三—一三三四年)為泉州路判官。擅長墨竹,師法趙孟頫與宋代畫竹名家文同。 墨竹三竿,葉片在勁風吹拂下,飛揚搖曳,彷彿可以聽到呼嘯的風聲和葉片摩擦的聲音。前後兩竹,一濃一淡,好像隔了一層淡淡的霧氣,剛直秀勁中又有婀娜溫婉之意。&*Ku An's dates are unknown, but his works are dated between 1345 and 1373. He was a native of Kiangsu province, and his style name was Ting-chih. He served as an administrative assistant in Ch'üan-chou, Fukien province from 1333–1334. He excelled in painting ink bamboo and studied Chao Meng-fu (1254-1322) of the Yüan dynasty and the famous Sung dynasty bamboo artist Wen T'ung. In this painting, there are three stalks of bamboo. A strong wind blows the leaves, and one can almost hear the whistling of the wind and the fluttering of leaves. There is a marked difference in ink tonality between the bamboo in the front and that in the back, as though a layer of mist shrouds the bamboo in the back, making it much lighter and more hazy. Though depicted with strong, hard, springy brushwork, the bamboo has a graceful and gentle appearance.