Artist: Wen Jia (1499-1582)

Date: Ming (1368-1644)

Dimensions: Height 24.2 cm, Width 145.5 cm

Material: Ink on paper

• Object Type：
  • PAINTINGS
• Location：
  • The Painting and Calligraphy of Shanghai Gallery
• Tag：
  • garden winding stream handscroll wen jia ming ink paper

Wen Jia (1499-1582), also known by his zi (designated name) Xiuchen and his hao (literary name) Wenshui, was native to Changzhou (nowadays Suzhou, Jiangsu province). Skilled in painting and calligraphy, he was the second son of Wen Zhengming. The painting depicts the Winding Stream Garden (qu shui yuan) of Dong Yiyang, an uncle of Dong Qichang. The garden was called "the Grand Mansion by the Huangpu River", located in the nowadays Guteng Park in Minhang district in Shanghai. The painting reflects the cultural interaction between Suzhou and Songjiang, as well as the migration of the cultural center to the banks of Huangpu River in Shanghai since the beginning of the Ming dynasty.

【Special Exhibition】 An Everlasting Spring: The Art of Painting and Calligraphy in Shanghai