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Wang Hui 1632-1717 โ€” Wang Hui, Landscape after Li Cheng

Wang Hui 1632-1717

Wang Hui, Landscape after Li Cheng

Wang Hui's "Landscape after Li Cheng" is a fan leaf painting executed in ink and color on paper that demonstrates the artist's engagement with the monumental landscape tradition established by the Northern Song master Li Cheng. Created during the Qing dynasty when Wang Hui was a leading figure of the Orthodox school of painting, the work exemplifies his characteristic synthesis of earlier styles through careful study of past masters. The intimate scale of the fan format contrasts with the grand spatial ambitions typical of literati landscape painting, showcasing Wang Hui's technical virtuosity in rendering atmospheric perspective and intricate brushwork within a constrained composition.

Medium
ink and colour on paper, fan leaf

๐Ÿ”จ Auction Lot

Painting and Calligraphy on fans from the Xiao Wan Liu Tang Collection ๆ‰‡ๆตทโ”€ๅฐ่ฌๆŸณๅ ‚่ˆŠ่—ๆ˜Žๆธ…ๆ›ธ็•ซๆ‰‡้ข

October 16, 2024

Estimate: $180,000 โ€“ $380,000

Lot 7090

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Wang Hui 1632-1717, Wang Hui, Landscape after Li Cheng

Wang Hui's "Landscape after Li Cheng" is a fan leaf painting executed in ink and color on paper that demonstrates the artist's engagement with the monumental landscape tradition established by the Northern Song master Li Cheng. Created during the Qing dynasty when Wang Hui was a leading figure of the Orthodox school of painting, the work exemplifies his characteristic synthesis of earlier styles through careful study of past masters. The intimate scale of the fan format contrasts with the grand spatial ambitions typical of literati landscape painting, showcasing Wang Hui's technical virtuosity in rendering atmospheric perspective and intricate brushwork within a constrained composition.

Medium
ink and colour on paper, fan leaf
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Ink and color on silk, Contemplative, Classical Tradition, Hanging Scroll, Landscape, Qing Dynasty, Monumental Composition, 17th Century, Literati Painting, Chinese

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