Waterfall on a Cold Cliff
Lu Hui was introduced to great collections of art by his patron Wu Dacheng, and became a renowned connoisseur himself. In his inscription, Lu cites the “brush-concept” of the fourteenth-century artist Wu Zhen as his inspiration, but the image bears only a distant relationship to the earlier painter. Wu was known for building his landscape forms out of bold ink tones so that brushwork became the center of attention. Some of these “brush-ideas” are evident in Lu’s painting, but there is also a sense of naturalism visible in his attention to light and shadow in the waterfall.
Artwork Details
- 清/現代 陸恢 寒巖飛瀑圖 軸
- Title: Waterfall on a Cold Cliff
- Artist: Lu Hui (Chinese, 1851–1920)
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911) or Republic period (1912–49)
- Culture: China
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 71 1/2 × 18 in. (181.6 × 45.7 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Jane DeBevoise and the Calello Family, 2024
- Object Number: 2024.549.20
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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