Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf D (previous leaf 2)

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.

An ink painting on paper features a central, rounded hill textured with dark dots and light washes. In the foreground, clusters of trees with dense, dark foliage rise beside a winding path and a small gabled building. Faint, hazy peaks recede into the distance. Several columns of Chinese calligraphy and a square red seal occupy the upper right corner against the pale, open sky.

Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf D (previous leaf 2)

1668

Xiao Yuncong

(Chinese, 1596–1673)

China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

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