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Album of Landscape Painting Illustrating Old Poems

1745

Hua Yan 華喦

(Chinese, 1682–c. 1765)
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Culture
China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Medium
Album of twelve leaves; ink and light color on paper
Measurements
Album, closed: 15.4 x 18.5 x 3.1 cm (6 1/16 x 7 5/16 x 1 1/4 in.); Each painting: 11.2 x 13.1 cm (4 7/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund 1982.68
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Hua Yan is one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, who rejected orthodox ideas about painting.
An ink and light color painting on paper depicts a man with light skin tone seated beneath a sprawling pine tree. Facing right in a pale robe, he rests against the tree's thick, textured trunk. To the left, a child peers from behind a jagged rock. Dark needle clusters and hanging vines detail the overhanging branches against a plain background. Calligraphy and a red seal mark the upper right corner.

Album of Landscape Painting Illustrating Old Poems

1745

Hua Yan

(Chinese, 1682–c. 1765)
China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

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