Autumn Colors at Xunyang 《潯陽秋色圖》

Object Details

• Artist

  Lu Zhi 陸治 (1495-1576)

• Calligrapher

  Colophon by Wen Peng (1498-1573)

• Label

  Lu Zhi was a pupil of Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), one of the Four Masters of Ming-the dynasty's premier landscape artists. The autumn colors in the left half of the painting echo the melancholy mood of the well-known poem this painting depicts. The Lute Song, written in 816 by the Tang poet Bai Juyi (772-846), describes the virtuoso lute performance of a former courtesan whom Bai chanced to meet in a boat ride on the Xunyang River. The poignant story of the courtesan's life touched Bai deeply, reminding him of his own plight as an exile, banished from the capital for his criticisms of government policies.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Seasons: Chinese Landscapes (December 18, 2010 to June 12, 2011)

  Tales of the Brush: Chinese Painting with Literary Themes (February 9 to July 27, 2008)

  Boating on a River (February 12 to August 14, 2005)

  Ming Dynasty Calligraphy and Painting (February 8, 1985 to August 26, 1985)

  Chinese Painting: Che and Wu Schools (Mainstreams of Landscape Painting in the Ming Dynasty) (October 15, 1982 to March 17, 1983)

  Chinese Calligraphy (April 18, 1977 to September 13, 1977)

  Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1947 (January 7, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

  Special Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (August 7, 1946 to January 7, 1947)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1943 (October 4, 1943 to August 7, 1946)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

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• Date

  1550s

• Name

  Wen, Peng, Lu, Zhi

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Trees, Boats and boating, Art, Autumn, Chinese Art, Music, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Rivers, Lute, Pipa, Shore

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings