↗Wang Hui
1632–1717
An early-Qing landscape painter whose command of historical styles led from private collections to imperial commissions.
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↗↗Clearing after Rain over Streams and Mountains
Wang Hui · 1662
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
↗How ink makes room for mist
In Wang Hui’s landscape of 1662, the spaces between the mountains do as much work as the mountains themselves.
↗Zhao Zhiqian
1829–1884
A late-Qing calligrapher, seal carver and painter who carried the energy of ancient inscriptions into brush and color.
↗Peach Blossoms and Peony
Zhao Zhiqian · c. 1860
Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on gold-flecked paper
↗Two flowers, two ways of making a mark
Zhao Zhiqian turns the curved field of a fan into an encounter between color, outline and writing.
↗Chen Hongshou
1598/99–1652
A late-Ming and early-Qing artist who made old pictorial conventions feel arrestingly unfamiliar.
↗Scholar-Recluse in Blue-Green Landscape
Chen Hongshou · 1633
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
↗A small figure beneath an immense landscape
Chen Hongshou makes the distance between a person and a mountain feel larger than the space on the silk.
↗Zhao Mengfu
1254–1322
A Song imperial descendant whose calligraphy and painting helped reshape art under the Yuan.
↗Four Anecdotes from the Life of Wang Xizhi
Zhao Mengfu · 1310s
Handscroll; ink on paper
↗A line, a pause, a living rhythm
Learning to see calligraphy, even before learning to read it.