Dwelling in Seclusion in the Summer Mountains 夏山隱居圖

Object Details

• Artist

  Wang Meng 王蒙 (ca. 1308-1385)

• Label

  Wang Meng was the youngest of the Four Great Masters of the Yuan Dynasty, and this scroll is his earliest known dated work. The painting shows a lake dominated by rounded mountain peaks, reminiscent of the scenery in Wang Meng's native southern China. To contour the surfaces of the mountains and rocks, Wang Meng used soft "hemp fiber" brush strokes, ropy lines with light traces of ink from individual brush hairs.

  The artist's inscription in the upper left corner reads: "In late spring of 1354 Wang Meng of Wuxing painted Secluded Dwelling in the Summer Mountatins for His Honor, the County Magistrate Zhongfang."

  To learn more about this and similar objects, visit http://www.asia.si.edu/SongYuan/default.asp Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy.

• 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)

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

  Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (II) (May 9, 1993 to May 31, 1994)

  Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (I) (August 3, 1984 to February 7, 1985)

  Chinese Art (March 9, 1981 to March 12, 1982)

  Chinese Landscape Painting (November 15, 1980 to March 6, 1981)

  Chinese Calligraphy and Ceramics (April 18, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

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

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics (March 7, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1300s

• Name

  Wang, Meng

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Landscapes, Art, Chinese Art, Summer, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings