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Reminiscences of Qinhuai River

Reminiscences of Qinhuai River

1642–1707
(Chinese, 1642–1707)
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
album leaf, ink and color on Song paper
Image: 25.5 x 20.2 cm (10 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.); Overall: 33 x 24.3 cm (13 x 9 9/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1966.31.7
Location: not on view

Description

Shitao’s skillfully rendered composition suggests a sweeping movement from the base of the central rising mass, silhouette of forest, and a bright bend of misty atmosphere under the distant hills, to form almost a continual circle of energy—a gentle vortex. That is a perfect embodiment of the early Qing ideal of a momentous flow, with suggestion of the subterranean veins and linkages.
  • Qin Tongli 秦通理 [early 20th century]
    ?-1966
    C. C. Wang 王季遷 [1907–2003], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1966-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Contag, Victoria. Die beiden Steine: Beitrag zum Verständnis des Wesens Chinesischer Landschaftsmalerei. Braunschweig: H. Klemm, 1950. Reproduced: pl. 7
    Contag, Victoria. Zwei Meister chinesischer Landschaftsmalerei, Shih-t'ao und Shih-ch'i; ein Beitrag zum Verständnis des Wesens chinesischer Landschaftsmalerei. Baden-Baden: W. Klein, 1955. pls. 5-8
    Hironobu Kohara 古原宏伸, Shen Fu 傅申, and Ichisada Miyazaki 宮崎市定. Sekitō 石濤. Tōkyō: Chūō Kōronsha, 1976. Reproduced: pls. 36-39
    Yang, Kathleen 楊凱琳, and Chi-chʻien Wang 王季遷. Through a Chinese connoisseur's eye: private notes of C.C. Wang 王季遷讀書筆記. Beijing: Zhong hua shu ju, 2010. Mentioned: p. 312, no. 34
    Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015. Reproduced: pp. 400-407
  • Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 122). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 23-October 27, 2003).
    Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982).
    The Painting of Tao-Chi, 1641-Ca. 1720. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (August 13-September 17, 1967).
  • {{cite web|title=Reminiscences of Qinhuai River|url=false|author=Shitao|year=1642–1707|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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