Landscape in the style of Yang Sheng
The eighth-century painter Yang Sheng is said to have specialized in the “boneless” (mogu, 没骨) technique: the application of broad washes of color unbounded by contour lines. In this sumptuous fan, the late nineteenth-century artist Wu Guxiang explores Yang’s technique, using rich applications of malachite green, azurite blue, and even washes of gold pigment for the distant mountains. The result is a haunting magical place, with the roofs of a small cluster of buildings the only suggestion of a human presence.
Artwork Details
- 清 吳穀祥 仿楊昇沒骨山水 圓光
- Title: Landscape in the style of Yang Sheng
- Artist: Wu Guxiang (Chinese, 1848–1903)
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: 1888
- Culture: China
- Medium: Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink, color, and gold on silk
- Dimensions: Image: 10 in. × 10 11/16 in. (25.4 × 27.1 cm)
Sheet: 14 15/16 × 11 9/16 in. (38 × 29.4 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Jane DeBevoise and the Calello Family, 2024
- Object Number: 2024.549.45
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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