Snow on Streams and Mountains
Wu Guxiang was one of the leading painters of the Orthodox School in Shanghai. His landscape style is said to derive from the Ming masters Wen Zhengming (1470-1559) and Tang Yin (1470-1523).
The inscription on this painting, however, quotes the Qing master Yun Shouping (1633-1690): ‘You must grasp the spirit of freezing coldness. Its appearance is solemn, and its light is dim. It accumulates layers after layers, and you can follow the trace to a new realm of enjoyment. The breath of coldness floats over tables and chairs, and the fierce storm starts from the tip of a hair. You must get the similarity of the spirit, and take the shape of the nature. This can be used to describe the painting of snow.’
Details
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Title
Snow on Streams and Mountains
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Artist/maker
Wu Guxiang (1848 - 1903)after Yun Shouping (1633 - 1690) (author) -
Associated place
Suzhou (place of creation) -
Date
November 1900 -
Material and technique
ink and colour on paper
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Object type
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Dimensions
frame 185.4 x 54.3 x 2.2 cm (height x width x depth)
painting 146.8 x 38.2 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.
EA1995.253
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Catalogue text
Wu Guxiang, whose works are now quite rare, was one of the leading Orthodox School painters in Shanghai, and his landscape style derives ultimately from the Ming masters Wen Zhengming (1470-1559) and Tang Yin (1470-1523). He is known to have painted sets of seasonal landscapes and this winter scene may belong to such a group. The inscription discusses past theories of landscape painting.
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