Landscape in the Style of Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322)

Object Details

• Artist

  Li Shizhuo 李世倬 (1690-1770)

• Description

  Landscape of two tall pine trees which appear in the foreground of the composition. Next to a cliff at the right there is a thatched pavilion, within which a scholar is seated facing the distant mountains that emerge from the mist. Only the pine trees and the pavilion have relatively strong colors; all of the rocks and mountains are rendered mainly in ink. The brush strokes are dry and light.

• Signatures

  Signed: Li Shih-cho.

• Marks

  There are four seals of the artist affixed to the scroll: "Fang-liu;" "Shih-cho ssu-yin;" "Ku-chai" and "Chi-yen ching-yen chien."

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

  Chinese Paintings: Recent Accessions (March 2 to August 2, 1984)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1700s, 1790s

• Name

  Li, Shizhuo

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Pine tree, Pavilion, Landscapes, Art, Scholar, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings