A Scholar by a Tree
Artist
Huang YI
(Chinese, 1744–1801)
Date1750–1801
Mediumink on paper, album leaf
Dimensions16.2 x 13 cm (6 3/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Miss Harriet E. Clarke
Object number1935.138.3
Label TextAccording to Huang Yi's inscription on a painting in a Japanese collection, these paintings, leaves from a dispersed album, were inspired by an album by Ding Yungpeng (1584-1638) in the baimiao (outline only) technique. The quiet mood and sparse compositions in these album leaves derive also, from the style of Ni Tzan, the great Yuan dynasty (c. 1280-1368) landscape painter. AS part of the Orthodox school of Chinese painting, Huang Yi followed the theories of the Ming dynasty (1368-c.1644) painter Dong Qiching, and sought inspiration from the past, especially the four great masters of the Yuan dynasty. Both the simplified treatment of the rocks and trees and motifs such as the solitary scholar looking at water from the edge of a cliff, derive from Yuan dynasty painting.ProvenanceMiss Harriet E. ClarkeOn View
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