Heavenly Cave in the Immortal World
Huang says in his inscription that the painting is done in the style of Wen Zhengming (1470–1559), but the adaptations to 19th century taste are clear. Color is heightened, figure and ground shift ambiguously and the dense composition is demarcated by a strong, regularly accented line.
Huang was a minor official but at the age of fifty, he succumbed to his love of painting and became a professional artist in Shanghai.
Huang was a minor official but at the age of fifty, he succumbed to his love of painting and became a professional artist in Shanghai.
Artwork Details
- 近代 黃山壽 洞天仙境 軸
- Title: Heavenly Cave in the Immortal World
- Artist: Huang Shanshou (Chinese, 1855–1919)
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: dated 1883
- Culture: China
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 52 3/4 x 31 1/4 in. (134 x 79.4 cm)
Overall with mounting: 94 x 36 1/2 in. (238.8 x 92.7 cm)
Overall with knobs: 94 x 40 1/2 in. (238.8 x 102.9 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986
- Object Number: 1986.267.88
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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