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6 août 2019

Wu Zhen (1280-1354), A Mountain among Mountains, Yuan dynasty

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Wu Zhen (1280-1354), A Mountain among Mountains, Yuan dynasty, 26.4 x 90.7cm. © National Palace Museum, Taipei.

Wu Zhen was a native of Jiaxing, Zhejiang. His style of painting was modeled after the tenth-century painter Juran, but he was able to forge his own path in painting. He was later recognized as one of the Four Masters of the Yuan. The collector An Yizhou (1683-ca. 1744) made an entry on this painting in his catalogue "Moyuanhuikuan" (Classification of Works Viewed): "Sloping peaks rise and fall amid close clusters of pines . Not a single odd tree disturbs the rhythm. The painting is completely in the style of Beiyuan, using thick hemp-fiber strokes as texture and moss dots on the mountains. In between the main mountains are other background peaks painted with washes of rich tone. They appear relatively low, which adds an unusual aspect to the painting's perspective. The brushwork is blunt and the atmosphere antique. This is truly a masterpiece by Wu Zhen." Wu Zhen painted "A Mountain among Mountains" at the age of fifty-six. (Text from National Palace Museum, Taipei). 
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