Landscapes
After the fall of the Ming, the scholar-painter Yang Bu withdrew from official life and adopted the posture of a yimin (remnant subject) who remained loyal to the conquered dynasty. He painted these hauntingly spare depictions of figures in austere landscapes at the Guanghui Chan Buddhist Monastery in Zhejiang province, where he spent his later years. Yang likely created them for the abbot of the monastery.
Artwork Details
- 清 楊補 山水圖 冊
- Title: Landscapes
- Artist: Yang Bu (Chinese, 1598–1657)
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: 1655
- Culture: China
- Medium: Album of twenty leaves; ink on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 10 3/8 × 7 1/8 in. (26.4 × 18.1 cm)
Overall with mounting (closed): 13 3/4 × 9 1/4 in. (34.9 × 23.5 cm)
Overall with mounting (open): 13 5/8 × 18 1/2 in. (34.6 × 47 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Promised Gift of Julia and John Curtis
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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