Artist: Ma Wan (?- after 1378)

Date: Dated 1349, Yuan (1271-1368)

Dimensions: Height 95.6 cm, Width 56.3 cm

Material: Ink and color on silk

• Object Type：
  • PAINTINGS
• Location：
  • The Painting and Calligraphy of Shanghai Gallery
• Tag：
  • poetic mountain scene after the rain hanging scroll ma wan yuan 1349 ink and color silk

Ma Wan (?-after 1378), also known by his zi (designated name) Wenbi and hao (literary name) Ludunsheng, was a native of Qinxi (in present-day Haiyan, Zhejiang province). In the late Yuan dynasty, he dwelled in Songjiang for a long time. He excelled in poetry and became a disciple of Yang Weizhen, residing with Yang in Huangxi (in present-day Lüxiang, Jinshan, Shanghai), where he became close friend with Bei Qiong and others. He painted after Huang Gongwang's style and traced back to Mi family's cloud-and-mountain tradition. This painting was painted in the ninth year (1349) of the Zhizheng era, depicting the scene of a summer mountain after a rain with deep and rich ink. The inscription was written by the monk Rufu, a native of Linhai (in present-day Ningbo, Zhejiang province), who was renowned for his poetry. The painting was once collected by Xuan Chang of Jiading in the Ming dynasty. The Chenghua Narrative Singing Lyrics (now in the Shanghai Museum collection) was excavated from Xuan Chang's tomb.

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