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Series Title: 雑畫圖冊

Landscape in the Manner of Ma Yuan

1788

Min Zhen 閔貞

(Chinese, 1730–after 1788)
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Culture
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Medium
album leaf, ink on paper
Measurements
Sheet: 29 x 18.4 cm (11 7/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1985.71.3
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Min Zhen, who was orphaned at age 12 and developed an eccentric personality, was trained by Tang Yin (1682–1756), a writer, playwright, and superintendent of the imperial porcelain workshops in Jingdezhen. The connection to him may have enabled Min to stay in Beijing for a decade from around 1773. It is not clear whether he ever resided in Yangzhou, but his style is in many instances reminiscent of that of Yangzhou artist Huang Shen. This album demonstrates Min’s versatility and mature style in the last years of his life.
A vertical ink drawing depicts two gnarled pine trees leaning right from a rocky foreground rendered with bold, blotchy strokes. Dark, jagged branches and spindly leaves define the trees against a pale gray wash mountain peak. Columns of black calligraphy (see "Inscriptions") and two red seals sit in the upper left, while a red stamp marks the bottom left. The composition uses expressive, thick ink lines to contrast the foreground and distant peak.

Landscape in the Manner of Ma Yuan

1788

Min Zhen

(Chinese, 1730–after 1788)
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

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