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Landscape after Ni Zan
by Wang Yuanqi
Also known as: Landscape in the Color Style of Ni Tsan; Landscape in the Color Style of Ni Zan 仿倪瓚設色山水圖; Landscape After Ni Tsan; Landscape in the Color Style of Ni Zan; Landscape in Color after Ni Zan
About the Artwork
Wang Yuanqi, an official in Emperor Kangxi’s (reigned 1662–1722) court, grew up in an artistic family. Like other mainstream painters of the Orthodox School, he followed a canon of earlier styles and artists endorsed by Ming calligrapher Dong Qichang (1555–1636). Here, Wang drew inspiration from Ni Zan (1301–1374), a Yuan dynasty painter known for his simple compositions and spare use of ink. Master Ni seldom used color, but Wang added green and ochre washes to the trees, cottages, and hills in this landscape. Painting was a way for Wang to relieve the pressures of his official duties.
Inscriptions
[印]穀詒堂。 丁亥清和扈從歸舟寫設色雲林; 余年來一友匏系，簪筆鹿鹿。夙夜在公。家無甑石，日在愁城苦海中。無以解憂。惟弄柔翰出入宋元諸家，如對古人。雖不能肖其形神，庶幾一遇，亦寓意寬心之法也。麓臺。[印]原祁之印; 麓臺 [印, 右下]西廬後人; 1 additional seal of Pang Yuanji 龐元濟 (1864–1949) at the lower left corner.
Provenance
by 1909–?: Pang Yuanji 龐元濟 [1864–1949] ?–1954: (Walter Hochstadter [1914–2007], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1954–: 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). 1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Mùnich, Germany (organizer) (October 16-December 13, 1959). Chinese Art. Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA (organizer) (January 8-26, 1962). 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 (Chinese art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2023-May 5, 2024).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Wang Yuanqi (Chinese, 1642–1715)
- Date
- 1707
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: 80.6 x 43.8 cm (31 3/4 x 17 1/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 217.7 x 68.5 cm (85 11/16 x 26 15/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Accession no.
- 1954.583
More by Wang Yuanqi 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-00009697
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