Recluse Fishing by Autumn Trees
Sheng Mao's career as a successful professional painter frequently contrasted with that of his reclusive neighbor Wu Zhen (1280–1354). This painting is important because it shows that Sheng was aware of Wu's style and adopted it for his own use. Recalling Wu Zhen's depictions of hermit-fishermen, Sheng Mao shows his angler dressed in the elegant robes of a scholar. Two early Ming artists, Wang Fu and Lin Yong, have expanded upon the theme of the hermit-fisherman in appreciative poems added at the top of the painting.
Artwork Details
- 元 盛懋 秋林漁隱圖 軸
- Title: Recluse Fishing by Autumn Trees
- Artist: Sheng Mao (Chinese, active ca. 1310–1360)
- Period: Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
- Date: dated 1350
- Culture: China
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 40 3/8 × 13 1/8 in. (102.6 × 33.3 cm)
Overall with mounting: 90 1/2 × 19 3/4 in. (229.9 × 50.2 cm)
Overall with knobs: 90 1/2 × 23 in. (229.9 × 58.4 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
- Object Number: 1989.363.35
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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