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Wang Shimin 1592-1680 โ€” Wang Shimin, Rainy Landscape

Wang Shimin 1592-1680

Wang Shimin, Rainy Landscape

Wang Shimin's Rainy Landscape is a delicate fan leaf painting that demonstrates the literati painting tradition of the Ming and Qing dynasties through its intimate scale and refined brushwork. The composition captures a misty, rain soaked scene with mountains, trees, and water rendered in subtle gradations of ink and color that evoke atmosphere rather than precise detail. As a prominent member of the orthodox school of Chinese painting, Wang Shimin employs the classical vocabulary of landscape painting to create a work that balances technical mastery with poetic sensibility.

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: $200,000 โ€“ $400,000

Lot 7066

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Wang Shimin 1592-1680, Wang Shimin, Rainy Landscape

Wang Shimin's Rainy Landscape is a delicate fan leaf painting that demonstrates the literati painting tradition of the Ming and Qing dynasties through its intimate scale and refined brushwork. The composition captures a misty, rain soaked scene with mountains, trees, and water rendered in subtle gradations of ink and color that evoke atmosphere rather than precise detail. As a prominent member of the orthodox school of Chinese painting, Wang Shimin employs the classical vocabulary of landscape painting to create a work that balances technical mastery with poetic sensibility.

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

Related themes

Atmospheric, Contemplative Mood, Classical Chinese Art, Chinese Artist, Hanging Scroll, Landscape, Ink and wash on paper, rainy weather, 17th Century, Literati Painting

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