Album of Landscapes by Pu Xinyu

Album of Landscapes by Pu Xinyu

Details

Title

Album of Landscapes by Pu Xinyu
Artist/maker

after Jia Dao (AD 779 - 843) (author)

Pu Ru (1896 - 1963)
Associated place

Beijing (place of creation)
Date

1933
Material and technique

ink and colour on silk; bound in card covered with silk
Material index

silk;

cardboard
Technique index

woven;

painted;

brush drawing;

bound
Object type

album;

painting
Dimensions

26.1 x 17.9 x 3.8 cm (height x width x depth)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Presented in honour of the forthcoming 70th birthdays of Jose Mauricio and Angelita Trinidad Reyes, 1995.
Museum location

not on display
Museum department

Eastern Art
Accession no.

EA1995.228

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Catalogue text

The twelve landscapes are painted in Southern Song (1127-1279) style and most display the diagonally-balanced composition associated with that period, and favoured by Pu Xinyu in his sketches. The simplicity of the brushwork is appropriate to the less responsive silk medium.

Reference URL

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Contains

Lone poet meditating under a tree

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Figure walking among mountains and trees

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Building beside mountain and a tree

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Mountains by water

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Figure among trees and rocks

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Trees and rocks by water

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Building on a cliff

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Figure in a boat surrounded by trees

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Birds flying over water

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Branches hanging from a rock

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Figure seated on a rock

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Figure reclining beneath a tree

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