Landscapes Depicting Poems of Huang Yanlü
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.This album presents Shitao’s interpretations and transcriptions of travel poems by his patron-friend
Huang Yanlü (Huang You, 1661–ca. 1725), a wealthy merchant of considerable cultural sophistication. The places mentioned in the poems include famous sites in Guizhou, Hunan, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian provinces.
The album exemplifies Shitao’s extraordinary originality and versatility. Done in his old age, the
landscapes demonstrate the entire spectrum of his stylistic sources and innovations through decades of experimentation. Whether sketched in monochromes or meticulously finished in refined colors, they represent the perfect union of fresh observation and imagination
with art-historical awareness.
cat. no. 75
Huang Yanlü (Huang You, 1661–ca. 1725), a wealthy merchant of considerable cultural sophistication. The places mentioned in the poems include famous sites in Guizhou, Hunan, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian provinces.
The album exemplifies Shitao’s extraordinary originality and versatility. Done in his old age, the
landscapes demonstrate the entire spectrum of his stylistic sources and innovations through decades of experimentation. Whether sketched in monochromes or meticulously finished in refined colors, they represent the perfect union of fresh observation and imagination
with art-historical awareness.
cat. no. 75
Artwork Details
- 清 石濤 寫黃研旅詩意 冊
- Title: Landscapes Depicting Poems of Huang Yanlü
- Artist: Shitao (Zhu Ruoji) (Chinese, 1642–1707)
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: dated 1701–02
- Culture: China
- Medium: 12 leaves from an album of 22; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Image (each): 8 1/16 x 13 3/8 in. (20.5 x 34 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Lent by The Chih Lo Lou Collection, Hong Kong
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art