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Landscape after Ni Zan

Wang YuanqiLinkedCulture matchlcp-463140e423c8

Date: 1707
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
Culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Department: Chinese Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 132016

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Wang Yuanqi, an official in Emperor Kangxi’s (reigned 1662–1722) court, grew up in an artistic family. Like other mainstream painters of the Orthodox School, he followed a canon of earlier styles and artists endorsed by Ming calligrapher Dong Qichang (1555–1636). Here, Wang drew inspiration from Ni Zan (1301–1374), a Yuan dynasty painter known for his simple compositions and spare use of ink. Master Ni seldom used color, but Wang added green and ochre washes to the trees, cottages, and hills in this landscape. Painting was a way for Wang to relieve the pressures of his official duties.

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Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
Provenance: by 1909–?: Pang Yuanji 龐元濟 [1864–1949] | ?–1954: (Walter Hochstadter [1914–2007], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1954–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH