Chinese Landscape after Huang Gongwang, 18th-19th century
Ink and colors on silk; hanging scrollexpand_more
The Marguerite S. McNally Endowment for Art Acquisition and the Shirley Mahowald and Henry Kinsell Endowment for Art Acquisitionexpand_more 2019.74
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This monumental painting combines a variety of imagery associated with the prevailing idea of eremitism: the state of being a hermit and seclusion from society. One popular pattern associated with eremitism is known as “reclusion in a fishing boat.” In early Chinese literary tradition, the archetypal character of the recluse often reflected great wisdom but appeared as a humble man. Fishermen were often described in literature as wise recluses, who took the guise of a humble man. This idea inspired a type of composition called yuyin, sometimes translated into English as “fisherman-recluse” or “reclusion in a fishing boat.” The gentlemen shown sailing off along a mountain stream in this painting are certainly not fishermen but rather recluses.
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- Chinese Landscape after Huang Gongwang
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- Artist
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- 2019.74
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