Japanese Quest for a New Vision: The Impact of Visiting Chinese Painters, 1600-1900
Exhibition Overview
By the seventeenth century, China had already developed a rich heritage of scholar painting, with special techniques, styles, and theoretical background already established. Yet it was not until the beginning of the eighteenth century that Japanese artists took up the literati tradition, which was given the name Nanga (southern painting). This exhibition of 52 works, mostly hanging scrolls, by visiting Chinese artists and the Japanese artists who were influenced by the literati style, includes Mount T'ien-t'ai, a dated scroll by the Chinese merchant I Fu-chiu. All the works in the show are gifts to the Spencer Museum from the Mitchell Hutchinson Collection. A catalogue of the exhibition edited by Stephen Addiss will be published by the Spencer Museum.
