Snowscape, from Album for Zhou Lianggong
1645
25.0 x 33.0 cm
This painting and its accompanying inscription belonged to an album made for the noted Nanjing collector and high official Zhou Lianggong (1612–1672). A leading patron of contemporary artists, Zhou assembled a number of these albums during the last twenty-five years of his life, when his career required him to travel extensively. Such collaborative works have long been a means for a group of artists to commemorate special occasions, but Zhou’s albums, which sometimes encompassed hundreds of contributions, fulfilled a different function: they included works by professionals and scholar-amateurs, Ming loyalists and Qing officials, traditionalist orthodox painters and innovative individualists. By inviting a wide spectrum of artists to both view and contribute to these albums, Zhou created a unique forum for artists to learn from and appraise one another’s productions.
Yun Xiang (1586 – 1655)
Descubra a Yun Xiang (1586-1655), un célebre artista chino conocido por su elegante estilo libre y sus exquisitas pinturas de flores y aves durante las dinastías Ming y Qing.
Sobre esta obra
- Título: Snowscape, from Album for Zhou Lianggong
- Artista: Yun Xiang
- Año: 1645
- Dimensiones originales: 25.0 x 33.0 cm
- Formato: Landscape
- Estado de derechos de autor: Dominio público
- Color predominante: Putty
- Intensidad del color: Balanced