Object Details
Artist
Xi Gang
Date
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
Medium
Album; ink and colors on paper
Dimensions
Image: 10 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches (27.6 x 21 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Professor Ray J. Wu, in honor of Daisy Yen Wu, and in memory of Hsien Wu
Object
Number
84.105.004
Orthodox painting represented the mainstream of Qing dynasty art throughout China, spanning the seve(…)
Orthodox painting represented the mainstream of Qing dynasty art throughout China, spanning the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries. In the late eighteenth century Xi Gang, who worked in Hangzhou, specialized in painting landscapes following the orthodox mode espoused by seventeenth-century artists such as Wang Shimin, whose landscape is also displayed in this gallery. Half of the pages of Xi Gang’s album are ink monochrome landscapes; they alternate with colorful depictions of flowers of the four seasons.
