Artists

1861–1918 · 1 work

1623–1697 · 3 works

• Chinese painting: Qing
• Chinese painting

Mei Qing turns mountainous terrain into passages of ink that invite close looking. His view of Nine Dragon Pool makes the waterfall twist between rounded rock formations. Two smaller album leaves use trees, buildings and open water to lead the eye through different landscapes. Compare the dense marks that establish the foreground with the lighter areas that let the landscape recede.

1849–1927 · 6 works

Follow fishermen taking a lifeboat across the dunes, or pause beside a sick child. These paintings bring together coastal labor, domestic care and moments outdoors.

1730–after 1788 · 5 works

• Chinese painting: Qing
• Chinese painting

Min Zhen’s small album paintings bring animals and plants into unexpected arrangements. A cat looks toward a butterfly, an elephant shares space with much smaller creatures, and peaches hang close to the surface of the page. The subjects could also convey wishes or beliefs: Cleveland explains the cat and butterfly as a visual wish for long life. Notice how washes and outlines work together.

1866–1908 · 2 works

• Japanese (culture or style)

1747–1821 · 4 works

• Japanese painting

Mori Sosen gives monkeys distinct gestures and relationships. One hangs from a branch, while others huddle together or sit among rocks and leaves. Soft passages of ink describe fur, with sharper marks around faces, hands and vegetation. Watch how the animals’ eyes and limbs establish an exchange within the group, even when the surrounding landscape is only lightly suggested.

1632–1693 · 1 work

1671–1750 · 1 work

• Japanese (culture or style)

1859–1920 · 5 works

• Ukiyo-e
• Japanese (culture or style)

1686–1764 · 8 works

• Japanese (culture or style)

1879–1910 · 2 works

Jacob struggles with an angel, and Susanna faces an unwanted intrusion. In these two paintings, familiar biblical stories become encounters between figures, gestures and the space around them.

1856–1909 · 8 works

1817–1875 · 7 works

An oat field, a beech wood in May and linen laid out in a clearing. These paintings invite you to look at how light, growth and work change the Danish countryside.

1731–1809 · 8 works

1876–1907 · 4 works

1851–1909 · 7 works

A foundry, a musical duet and a moonlit beach. Krøyer’s paintings bring people together at work and at leisure, with light changing the mood of each setting.

1445/46–1523 · 4 works

• Renaissance
• High Renaissance and Mannerism

1868–1928 · 5 works

• Impressionism

Children play and skate while a ploughman turns at the end of a field. Hansen’s paintings follow people through shared streets and working landscapes.

1758–1823 · 6 works

1596/97–1660 · 1 work

• Dutch Golden Age

1802–1828 · 5 works

1483–1561 · 1 work

• High Renaissance and Mannerism

1865–1929 · 3 works

• Realism
• Ashcan School
• Modernism

1615–1673 · 8 works

• Baroque