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Paintings after Ancient Masters: Volume 1

老蓮橅古

1598–1652

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Chen Hongshou 陳洪綬

(Chinese, 1598/99–1652)

China, Ming dynasty

(1368–1644)

Album with eleven leaves; ink or ink and color on silk

Overall: 30.2 x 26.7 cm (11 7/8 x 10 1/2 in.); Overall: 30.2 x 53.4 cm (11 7/8 x 21 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1979.27.1

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Artist's titles, signatures, and 21 seals: A. Scholars in a Garden. Hongshou painted for old Chung. [seal] Chang-hou. B. Laozi Riding an Ox. Hongshou respectfully painted. [seal] Ch'en yin Hongshou. C. Narcissus and Bare Trees. The Taoist Chung-ch'ing entrusted Lao-lien to paint [this]. [seal] Chang-hou. D. Autumn Landscape. Lao-lien painted this for Lao-ts'ang. [seal] Chang-hou. E. Portrait of Tao Yuanming. Lao-lien [seal] Hongshou. F. Lotus and Rocks. Hung-shou painted after the style of Ts'ui Po and presented it to the Buddhist disciple Lin Chung-ch'ing. [seal] Chang-hou. G. Daoist and Crane in Autumn Landscape. The old man Fu-ch'ih painted for the Daoist Chung-ch'ing. [seal] Chang-hou. H. Portrait of Chung-ch'ing in a Landscape. Lao-lien painted for Chung-ch'ing. [2 seals] Chang-hou; Ch'en yin Hung-shou. I. Chrysanthemum and Rock. Hongshou [seal] Hongshou. J. Landscape in the Style of Ni Zan. Lao-lien [seal] Chang-hou. L. Mr. Five Willows (Wu-liu), Tao Yuanming. Mr. Five Willows Chung-ch'ing entrusted Hongshou to paint [this]. [seal] Chang-hou. M. A Lohan [after Kuan-hsui]. Buddhist disciple Chen Hongshou respectfully painted. [2 seals] Chun-t'i ti-tzu; Chang-hou. N. A Bird and Peach-Blossom Branch. Hui-lun-shang painted after Tao-chun [Emperor Huizong] and presented it to Ts'ang-fu chu-chih. [seal] Chen yin Hongshou. O. Travellers in an Autumn Landscape. Hongshou [seal] Chang-hou. P. A Lady. Hongshou [seal] Hongshou . Q. Chrysanthemum. Hongshou painted in imitation of the Northern Song style for Daoist friend, Ts'ang-fu. [seal] Chang-hou. R. Scholar Reading in a Thatched Hut by a Waterfall. Chung-ch'ing entrusted Hongshou to paint. [seal] Chang-hou. S. Scholar with Staff and Brush. Hongshou [seal] Chang-hou. T. An Ancient Tree. Hongshou [seal] Chang-hou. U. Rock, Old Tree, and Bamboo. Hongshou [seal] Hongshou.

Inscription

2 colophons (leaves K and V) and 34 additional seals: 24 seals of Lin Chung-ch'ing (Lin Ts'ang-fu or Lin T'ing-tung, friend of Chen Hongshou, for whom the album was painted); 2 colophons, dated 1893 and 1899, and 5 seals of Weng Tonghe 翁同龢 (1830-1904); 2 seals of Weng Tongjue 翁同爵 (older brother of Weng Tonghe; 1814-1877); 2 seals of Weng Wan-go 翁萬戈 (1918-2020); 1 unidentified.

Provenance

Weng Tonghe 翁同龢 [1830-1904], by descent to Wango H. C. Weng

?-1979

(Wango H. C. Weng 翁萬戈 [1918-2020], Lyme, NH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1979-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Five Centuries of Chinese Painting: Ming & Ch'ing Dynasties : [Exhibition] June 27 Through August 8, 1954, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Dallas: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1954. cat. no. 24

Goepper, Roger. 1000 Jahre chinesische Malerei. München: Haus der Kunst, 1959. cat. no. 81

Chinese Art: An Exhibition of Paintings, Jades, Bronzes and Ceramics. Northampton, MA: Smith College Museum of Art, 1962. cat. no. 25

Cahill, James, and Virginia Field. Fantastics and Eccentrics in Chinese Painting. [New York]: Asia Society; distributed by Abrams, 1967. pp. 38, 39, cat. no. 10

Ho, Wai-kam, Sherman E. Lee, Laurence Sickman, and Marc F. Wilson. Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1980. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 207, pp. 268–272

Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara [東洋絵画の精華: 特别展: クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから= Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Nara, Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 68–69, cat. no. 42

Exhibition history

Five centuries of Chinese painting: Ming & Ch'ing dynasties. Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX (June 27–August 8, 1954).

1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (October 16-December 13, 1959).

Chinese Art: An Exhibition of Paintings, Jades, Bronzes and Ceramics: Being a Contribution Made by Smith College Museum of Art to the College Interim Session, 1962. Northampton, MA (1962). (leaves A-J)

Fantastics and Eccentrics. Asia House Gallery, New York, NY, (March 23-May 28, 1967); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA (June 20-August 13, 1967); and M. H. De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA (September 15-November 5, 1967).

Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 11-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982); The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (December 3, 1982-February 28, 1983).

Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).

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