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Tall Bamboo and Distant Mountains, after Wang Meng
by Wang Hui 王翚
Also known as: Tall Bamboo and Distant Mountains; Tall Bamboo and Distant Mountains, after Wang Meng 仿王蒙修竹遠山圖
About the Artwork
Wang Hui studied paintings by earlier masters and digested their styles with unceasing virtuosity. He had such enduring affection for a landscape by Wang Meng 王蒙 (about 1308–85) that between 1686 and 1712, he made several copies, like this example. One of his compositional transformations here was moving the scholar from the pavilion directly into the landscape by the stream. His faithful copying also included inscriptions. Wang Meng had written that he was trying to resuscitate the style of an earlier artist, Wen Tong (1018–1079); therefore, Wang Hui sought to revive both Wang Meng and Wen Tong.
Inscriptions
昔文湖州有暮靄橫看。宋思陵題識卷首：觀其筆力不在郭煕之下。於樹石間寫叢竹，乃自其肺腑中流出，又不可以筆墨畦徑觀也。 子文廣文出紙求畫修竹遠山。惜乎僕之筆力，不能似郭。又敢彷彿湖州也哉？至若拙朴鄙野，縱意塗抹，聊可以寫一時之趣。姑塞廣文之雅意云。黃鶴山中人王蒙書。 歲次甲戌九月望後三日為冝翁先生臨于長安寓齋。海虞, 王翬。[印]王翬之印; 石谷子.; 3 additional seals: 1 of Pang Yuanji 龐元濟 (1864–1949); 2 unidentified.
Provenance
by 1909–?: Pang Yuanji 龐元濟 [1864–1949] ?–1953: (Walter Hochstadter [1914–2007], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1953–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Chinese Landscape Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5-December 26, 1954). The Colors of Ink. Asia House Galleries (January 10-March 3, 1974); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-May 12, 1974). Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 11-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982); The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (December 3, 1982-February 28, 1983). Six Dynasties of Chinese Painting Part 2. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 10-September 1, 2024).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Wang Hui (Chinese, 1632–1717)
- Date
- 1694
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: 79.6 x 39.4 cm (31 5/16 x 15 1/2 in.); Overall with knobs: 215.8 x 61.6 cm (84 15/16 x 24 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Accession no.
- 1953.629
More by Wang Hui 王翚 in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00009426
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