Lofty mountains
Hou Maogong Chinese
Not on view
Beneath towering evergreens, two scholars converse at the water’s edge, attended by assistants. A scene of verdant peaks rising from the banks of a river stretches backward from the figures, evoking a world untouched by any other human presence. This work by Hou Maogong, who received training in the circle of Wen Zhengming, shows the artist’s command of the narrow landscape hanging scroll rendered in light blues and greens—a classic type in the Wen family canon. At the same time, through diminishing scale, Hou creates a sense of three-dimensionality in the landscape that appears to reflect his own interests.
On view from August 12, 2023–January 7, 2024
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