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Series Title: 雑畫圖冊

River Landscape

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 1985.71.8
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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.
An ink painting on an album leaf depicts a vertical landscape in soft gray washes. Small huts sit among hazy grasses in the lower foreground. Above, a figure rows a canopied boat near thick, vertical reed clusters. Horizontal bands of light ink form mist below a broad, dark mountain peak. Japanese calligraphy and red seals mark the upper left and bottom corners of the minimalist composition (see "Inscriptions").

River Landscape

1788

Min Zhen

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

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