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 displays eremitic elements that were heavily influential in Chinese landscape painting. Eremitism, or the retreat from society into a life of reclusion, was a popular idea throughout Chinese history that valued solitude, withdrawal into nature, and self-cultivation. This scene depicts tiny houses and their residents tucked away in the lap of a mountain. The huge, rocky mountain seems difficult and cumbersome to climb, and the river at its base seals the residents in, creating a reclusive dwelling away from a more populated society.
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- Title
- Chinese Landscape after Huang Gongwang
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- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2019.74
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