Artist: Wang Lü (1332-after 1384)

Date: Ming (1368-1644), dated 1384

Dimensions: Height 34.7 cm, Width 50.6 cm

Material: Ink and colour on paper

• Object Type：
  • PAINTINGS
• Location：
  • Chinese Painting Gallery
• Tag：
  • huashan mountain album leaf wang lü ming ink and colour paper

Wang Lü (1332-after 1384) is also known by his zi (designated name) Andao and his hao (literary name) Jisou and Baodu Laoren. A native of Kunshan in Jiangsu, Wang Lü was famous for landscape painting. He completed this album for his unforgettable visit to Huashan in Shaanxi. This is an early example of travel record paintings. It was painted in the seventeenth year (1384) of the Hongwu reign when the artist was 53 years old. This is his only remaining painting.