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Scholar's Hermitage in Autumn Mountain, after Wang Meng (Qiushan caotang 秋山草堂),
1686
Wang Hui 王翬, 1632–1717; born Yushan, China
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1968-232
During the imperial period, many Chinese artists practiced the time-honored skill of painting in the style of an earlier master. Here, Wang Hui, one of the most famous landscape painters of the Qing dynasty, selected to work in the idiom of the fourteenth-century painter Wang Meng, whose mode of forming landscapes from densely layered brushstrokes of varying thickness produced images that seem to vibrate with life. The later artist’s attempt to work with an earlier vocabulary resulted in a dramatically stacked mountain form that sweeps the viewer’s eyes up toward a central distant peak.
Information
Title
Scholar's Hermitage in Autumn Mountain, after Wang Meng (Qiushan caotang 秋山草堂)
Dates
1686
Maker
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 150 x 54 cm. (59 1/16 x 21 1/4 in.)
Mount: 213 x 69 cm. (83 7/8 x 27 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Wen C. Fong, Class of 1951 and Graduate School Class of 1958, and Constance Tang Fong, in honor or Mr. and Mrs. Earl Morse
Object Number
y1968-232
Place Made
Asia, China
Signatures
signed
Inscription
dated 1686
Culture
Period
