Chinese Painting: Landscapes from the Ming and Qing Dynasties: The Lineage of Paintings in Light Color
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Traveling through Autumn Mountains (detail), By Xiao Yuncong, China, Qing dynasty, dated 1657 (Important Cultural Property)
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 8
June 26, 2018 (Tue) - July 29, 2018 (Sun)During the Ming and Qing dynasties, a lavish urban culture flourished in Suzhou, Shanghai, and Yangzhou, in the Giyangnan area in China. Landscape paintings with light color in a refined style became popular among the literati who lived in these cities. Such use of color was, however, not uniform, as it reflected each city's taste: It was thoroughly noble in Suzhou, showed slightly eccentric flavor in Songjiang, and reflected a pursuit of opulent expression in Yangzhou. Chinese landscape painters at the time also became sensitive to the depiction of light through influence from Western paintings, and their work shows how they interpreted this Western influence. This exhibition outlines the lineage of such landscape paintings in light color from the 16th to the 19th century.
Current exhibit includes:
Old Temple in the Mountains, By Gu Dashen, China, Qing dynasty, dated 1662 (Private collection)
Lush Pine and Layered Ridges after Cao Zhibai, By Qian Du, China, Qing dynasty, dated 1813 (Private collection)
Traveling through Autumn Mountains, By Xiao Yuncong, China, Qing dynasty, dated 1657 (Important Cultural Property)
Landscape, By Cha Shibiao, China, Qing dynasty, 17th century
Boating among Mountains, By Lu Wei, China, Qing dynasty, dated 1697 (Private collection)
Amidst a Mountain of Pines, By Gao Fenghan, China, Qing dynasty, dated 1734