Buildings and figures in a mountainous landscape
Zheng Wuchang was one of the leading art historians of the early 20th century. His paintings are conservative and typically detail in their inscriptions the paintings and art historical theories to which they relate. This particular inscription reads: ‘On ten thousand cliffs and a thousand peaks, ‘jades’ accumulate brightly; On the small bridge and the bend of harbour, [I] look for poems quietly. Describing snow without using white powder pigment, this is a technique from the Song period’.
Details
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Title
Buildings and figures in a mountainous landscape
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Artist/maker
Zheng Wuchang (1894 - 1952) -
Associated place
Shanghai (place of creation) -
Date
1947 -
Material and technique
ink and colour on paper
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Object type
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Dimensions
frame 212.6 x 81.2 x 3 cm (height x width x depth)
painting 168.5 x 62.7 cm (height x width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented in honour of the forthcoming 70th birthdays of Jose Mauricio and Angelita Trinidad Reyes, 1995.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1995.285
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Catalogue text
Zheng Wuchang was one of the leading art historians of the early twentieth century. His paintings are conservative and typically name in their inscriptions the paintings and art historical theories to which they relate.
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