Artist unknown
Chinese, early 14th century
Water Pavilion by Twin Pines
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Artist unknown
Chinese, early 14th centuryYuan or early Ming dynasty, 14th–15th century
Water Pavilion by Twin Pines
Artist unknown Chinese, early 14th century →Chinese (culture or style)hanging scrollpainting
Date
Yuan or early Ming dynasty, 14th–15th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and light colors on paper
Dimensions
100.3 × 35.5 cm (39 1/2 × 14 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment Fund
This landscape was attributed to the Northern Song court painter Guo Xi (c. 1001-c. 1090) by the authors of early 20th-century colophons that accompany the painting. The depiction of figures gazing out from two water pavilions at the foot of a rocky outcrop—as well as a dramatic clusters of old pine-trees and billowing, restless forms of mountain-ridges that rise from valleys into the high distance—are all features associated with Guo Xi’s iconic landscapes. The relatively looser composition and hybrid brushwork, however, point to a Yuan re-interpretation of this Northern Song style. A seal on the painting that may be associated with a Yuan scholar named Wu Fang supports this fourteenth-century date.
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