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Source Description
Wang Xuehao [Wang Hsüeh-hao], famous in the early decades of the 19th century, painted this landscape in the manner of the orthodox master Wang Hui (1632-1717) and dedicated it to his aunt. According to Wang Xuehao, Wang Hui said that the secret of cultivated painting was "writing." One must paint as one writes; "if it is simply to trace lines, it is a craft." Wang Xuehao took this to heart as he created this abbreviated yet powerfully expressive mountain scene.
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Document identity
localId
20893
label
Mountain Trees after Rain
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
20893
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Mountain Trees after Rain
description
Wang Xuehao [Wang Hsüeh-hao], famous in the early decades of the 19th century, painted this landscape in the manner of the orthodox master Wang Hui (1632-1717) and dedicated it to his aunt. According to Wang Xuehao, Wang Hui said that the secret of cultivated painting was "writing." One must paint as one writes; "if it is simply to trace lines, it is a craft." Wang Xuehao took this to heart as he created this abbreviated yet powerfully expressive mountain scene.
provenance
Sale, Christie's, New York, May 1991, no. 118; Walters Art Museum, 1991, by purchase.
date
1786 (Qing)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
kakemono
scroll paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
83
height
47.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 32 11/16 x W: 18 11/16 in. (83 x 47.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Chinese
inscriptions
[Seal] Hsu Hao; [Seal] Meng Yang; [Seal] Chiao-i (Dedicated to his aunt); [Date] Spring of Ping-wu year (1786)
dynasty
Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty
med
ink on paper
creator_ids
2929
16121
collection_ids
CHN
exhibition_ids
none
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1
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0
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photo
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