Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, after Huang Gongwang

Object Details

• Artist

  Wang Hui (1632-1717)

  After Huang Gongwang (1269-1354)

• Label

  The Yuan dynasty painter Huang Gongwang (1269-1354) was venerated by literati artists during the Ming and Qing period. Huang Gongwang's most famous work, a long handscroll entitled Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, was frequently copied by later artists, particularly 17th century painters of the orthodox school. Wang Hui painted several scrolls based on Huang Gongwang's composition, and this one is especially important since it preserves the beginning section now lost from the original. Although Wang Hui followed closely the composition and motives of the Yuan painting, the smooth brushstrokes and neat dots are the special characteristics of the painter's style. According to the inscription by his teacher, Wang Shimin, this unsigned work can be dated to 1672.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Yuan Legacy (November 22, 2014 to May 31, 2015)

  Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (IV) (June 12 to November 28, 2010)

  Guests of the Hills: Travelers in Chinese Landscape Painting (August 23, 2008 to March 15, 2009)

  In the Mountains (January 31 to August 2, 1998)

  Ch'ing Dynasty Calligraphy and Painting (August 30, 1985 to January 26, 1986)

  Ching Dynasty Paintings (June 15, 1979 to November 6, 1979)

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

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

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• Date

  1670s

• Name

  Wang, Hui, Huang, Gongwang

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Copy, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings