Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf B (previous leaf 1)

山水圖冊

1668

Xiao Yuncong 蕭雲從

(Chinese, 1596–1673)

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Culture

China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Medium

album leaf; ink and light color on paper

Measurements

Overall: 21 x 15.8 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

John L. Severance Fund 1955.302.1

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Location

240A Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy

Description

Throughout his lifetime, Xiao Yuncong visited Nanjing and Yangzhou, cities embedded in the fertile and water-rich Jiangnan region, as reflected in his paintings. Xiao painted from nature, and his landscapes are informed by the seasons and his travels, as well as by his experience as a print designer. Xiao’s fresh, light colors continue to appear in later Shanghai school paintings.

This album was formerly in the collection of Li Yufen in Yangzhou and then owned by Wu Hufan in Shanghai. While the artist impressed his seal consistently below his poetic inscriptions in the upper parts of the composition, the red seals on the margins and in the lower corners of the paintings are impressions by the album’s previous owners.