Hua Yan
1682–c. 1765 · Chinese painting: Qing · 8 works
Hua Yan worked in eighteenth-century Yangzhou, a city associated with painters who cultivated distinctive personal approaches. He drew on earlier masters while placing different ways of painting side by side: a broad ink wash might meet a finely controlled flower or figure. His subjects include landscapes, birds, and small scenes of people in gardens. In an album illustrating old poems, a brief action can suggest a larger literary world. These paintings invite attention to scale: a few touches of color or a small patch of blank paper can change an entire scene.
8 works · 1732–1746
In a garden scene, start with the smallest figure. Which surrounding marks establish a place, and which areas remain open?
Conversation in Autumn1732
Album of Landscape Paintings Illustrating Old Poems: Man with a Staff Admires Chrysanthemums at a Fence1745
Album of Landscape Paintings Illustrating Old Poems: A Scholar at a Table with a Servant aside Preparing the Ink1745
Album of Landscape Paintings Illustrating Old Poems: Boy Holding a Horse1745
Album of Landscape Paintings Illustrating Old Poems: Boy Tending a Water Buffalo1745
Album of Landscape Paintings Illustrating Old Poems: Listening to the Qin1745
Album of Landscape Paintings Illustrating Old Poems: Two Women with Needlework in a Garden1745- Man with Staff by a StreamQing dynasty (1644–1911)
Qian Du
The Xuehong Pavilion in a Scholar's Garden, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1831
Wang Hui
The Bamboo Slope 竹坡圖, Qing dynasty (1644–1912), 1710
Wang Shimin
Landscape after Wang Meng, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1664
