The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Landscape Ink-Play

1300s
(Chinese, active c. 1340–80)
Image: 46.6 x 43.3 cm (18 3/8 x 17 1/16 in.); Mounted: 148.6 x 67.4 cm (58 1/2 x 26 9/16 in.)
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Fang Congyi was a painter and a Daoist priest.

Description

The painter created a paradoxical juxtaposition of the boat serenely sailing against the turbulent onrushing movement of the towering mountains in the background.
  • Fujii Yurinkan, Kyoto, Japan
    ?–1982
    (Kozo Yabumoto 藪本公三, Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1982–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1982.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 1 (January 1983): 3–55. Reproduced: p. 39; Mentioned: p. 53, no. 83 www.jstor.org
    Chuanxi, Chen. "The Pinnacle of 'Relaxation' in Yuan Dynasty Painting - Fang Congyi." Artist Magazine 597 (February 2025): 266–285. Reproduced: p. 285
  • The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).
  • {{cite web|title=Landscape Ink-Play|url=false|author=Fang Congyi|year=1300s|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1982.34