Landscape of Li River, Tao Yiqing

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Tao Yiqing, Landscape of Li River
Tao Yiqing, Landscape of Li River
Tao Yiqing
Landscape of Li River
date unknown
Landscape of Li River, date unknown
Where object was made: China
Material/technique: color; ink; paper
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 67.9 x 45.4 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 26 3/4 x 17 7/8 in
Mount Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 180.3 x 56.7 cm
Mount Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 71 0.9843 x 22 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of George and Cindy Jones
Accession number: 1984.0030
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Archive Label 2003:
Tao was originally from Jiangsu but after moved to Beijing. In his early career he practiced the traditional literati style, particularly imitating the masters of the Song dynasty. Reminiscences of Song paintings can be observed here in the use of axe-cut brushstrokes and the emphasis on towering mountain peaks partially obscured by mist. In keeping with the ideal of living in harmony with nature, literati frequently added fishermen or other rural figures to their landscape paintings. Tao has rendered them in an especially small-scale in order to emphasize the grandeur of the mountains beyond.

Exhibitions

Modern Chinese Paintings
1983