Album of twelve paintings
Artist
Xi Gang
(Chinese, 1746 – 1803)
DateQing Dynasty (1644-1911)
MediumAlbum; ink and colors on paper
DimensionsImage: 10 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches (27.6 x 21 cm)
CultureChina
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Professor Ray J. Wu, in honor of Daisy Yen Wu, and in memory of Hsien Wu
Terms
- Paintings
- Ink
- Bamboo
- Bodies of water
- Bridges
- Chrysanthemums
- Cliffs
- Dwellings
- Houses
- Huts
- Inscriptions
- Lotus flowers
- Lotus leaves
- Mountains
- Narcissi
- Peonies
- Plants
- Plum blossoms
- Trees
- Walking sticks
- Paper
- Chinese
Object number84.105.004
Label CopyOrthodox painting represented the mainstream of Qing dynasty art throughout China, spanning the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries. In the late eighteenth century Xi Gang, who worked in Hangzhou, specialized in painting landscapes following the orthodox mode espoused by seventeenth-century artists such as Wang Shimin, whose landscape is also displayed in this gallery.
Half of the pages of Xi Gang's album are ink monochrome landscapes; they alternate with colorful depictions of flowers of the four seasons.
Collections
Unidentified artist
Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911); Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
Unidentified artist
Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911); Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
Style of Zhao Boju
Karl Pierre Daubigny
