Artist
Gong Xian
Qing dynasty, 1618–1689
Gong Xian was a Qing dynasty Qing dynasty painting artist. 12 works are cataloged here, principally at Metropolitan Museum of Art, most of them ink works. Gong Xian was born in Kunshan.
Gong Xian (simplified Chinese: 龚贤; traditional Chinese: 龔賢; pinyin: Gōng Xián; Wade–Giles: Kung Hsien; 1618–1689; the specific year of birth is disputed as early as 1617 or as late as 1620; born in Kunshan, Jiangsu) was a Chinese painter in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, one of the Eight Masters of Nanjing (Jinling) and the leading painter of the Nanjing school. He was also known as Qixian (岂贤), Banqian (半千), Banmu (半亩) and Yeyi (野遗); Chaizhangren (柴丈人) and Zhongshanyelao (钟山野老). He enjoyed equal popularity with the poet and calligrapher Lu Qian in the early Qing Dynasty. They were called "Two Ban of the World" (天下二半), (Gong Xian: Banqian; Lu Qian, Banyin).
Works by Gong Xian
Landscape in the Style of Dong Yuan and Juran
清 龔賢 冬景山水圖 軸|Wintry mountains
清 龔賢 墨筆山水詩畫 冊|清 龔賢 自題 山水十六開 冊|Landscapes with poems
清 龔賢 自題山水十六開 冊|Landscapes with Poems
清 龔賢 十二月令山水圖 冊|Landscapes of the Twelve Months
清 倣龔賢 雲山隱居圖 軸|Dwelling among mountains and clouds
清 龔賢 山水圖 冊|Landscapes
清 龔賢 山水圖 冊|Landscapes and trees
Summer in the Water Country
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