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Album Leaf and Two Text Leaves, from Landscapes from Nature, Poetry, and Art

Wang Chen

Date: 1774
Medium: Ink on paper
Department: Asian Art
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art

Wang Chen was a descendant of the great scholar-official Wang Shimin. His inscriptions here indicate that the basis for this album of large landscapes was the natural scenery of Chu, a region located south of the Yangzi River. In 1774, Wang was serving as a low-level official in this region. His inscriptions also mention earlier poets and painters whose conceptual and stylistic influences, along with the natural scenery, inspired the various scenes here, which were based on sketches made at the sites themselves. China, Asia

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