Travelling in Autumn Mountains: Landscape in the style of Guo Xi (Kuo Hsi) / Artist Unknown, China

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Accession Number
2002/2.354
Title
Travelling in Autumn Mountains: Landscape in the style of Guo Xi (Kuo Hsi)
Artist Nationality
Chinese
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on silk
Object Creation Date
16th century
Object Creation Place
Asia (continent)
China (nation)
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2
China (nation)
Dimensions
181 cm x 47 cm (71 1/4 in. x 18 1/2 in.)
Century
16th century
Primary Object Classification
Painting
Primary Object Type
hanging scroll
Secondary Object Classification
Painting
Secondary Object Type
landscape
Physical Description
A group of travellers moves along a path at the foot of the mountains that grow upward, dominating the majority of the pictoral space. The common technique using small black dots occurs throughout the painting, accenting mountain edges, tree branches and roots. A building can be seen peeking out from behind the mountains in the lower portion of hte painting.
Subject Matter
It is common in Chinese ink painting to create works in dialogue with past masters. The dark jagged edges of the pine trees and rounded looming mountaintops recall the style of master painter Guo Xi and his famous work Clearing Autumn Skies over Mountains and Valleys. Active in the Northern Song Period (960–1217), Guo Xi was passionate about the need for painters to be in communion with nature in order to truly represent space and changing phenomena.
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"Travelling in Autumn Mountains: Landscape in the style of Guo Xi (Kuo Hsi); Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-2.354/2002_2_354.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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