Artist: Yun Shouping (1633-1690)

Date: Qing (1644-1911), dated 1672

Material: Ink on paper

• Object Type：
  • PAINTINGS
• Location：
  • Chinese Painting Gallery
• Tag：
  • old tree mist hanging scroll yun shouping qing 1672 ink paper

Yun Shouping (1633-1690), originally named Ge, is also known by his zi (designated name) Shouping and his hao (literary name) Nantian. A native of Wujin (present-day Changzhou, Jiangsu province) and one of the "Six Masters of the Early Qing", he excelled in landscape and flower painting. The composition presents two banks along the river. In the foreground, trees scatter on the slope; in the background, the streams flow down the mountains on which withered trees and bamboo stand. The atmosphere is sparse, tranquil, and rendered with a deliberate simplicity. The painting echoes the style of the Yuan-dynasty master Cao Zhibai. This work was created in the 11^th year (1672) of the Kangxi reign, when the artist was 40 years old.