The Mountain of Five Cataracts, Chen Hongshou, 1650, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese ArtA unique la
The Mountain of Five Cataracts, Chen Hongshou, 1650, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese ArtA unique landscape painting in the existing body of Chen Hongshou’s art, this painting reveals his involvement with the practice of fang (imitation) to achieve creative transformation. Chen acquired the tradition stemming from Dong Yuan of the Five Dynasties, with which he sought an artistic individuality that lends his work an idiosyncratic vision and extraordinary power.Size: Painting: 118 x 53 cm (46 7/16 x 20 7/8 in.); Overall: 232.4 x 69.7 cm (91 ½ x 27 7/16 in.)Medium: hanging scroll, ink on silkhttps://clevelandart.org/art/1966.366 -- source link
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