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Find the small figure on the path in the lower half of the scroll, then follow the loose, dry strokes that stack the ridges above him toward the top.
Zhu Da’s inscription, signed with his name Bada Shanren, says he painted this after Guo Zhongshu, a 10th-century master, yet the Cleveland Museum of Art finds almost no trace of Guo in it. In this late work, mountain ranges built of varied, dense strokes rise toward the top of the scroll, an idea that recalls Dong Qichang, while the quick, cursory brushwork is Zhu Da’s own.
Hanging scroll; ink on paper · Painting: 109.9 x 56.4 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art · Chinese painting: Qing
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- Museum title
- Landscape after Guo Zhongshu
- Artist
- Bada Shanren (Chinese, 1626–1705)
- Date
- c. 1680–1705
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: 109.9 x 56.4 cm (43 1/4 x 22 3/16 in.); Overall with knobs: 247.7 x 84.5 cm (97 1/2 x 33 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.