Paintings after Ancient Masters: Narcissus and Bare Trees
1625
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
About the artist
1625
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Narcissus and Bare Trees is a 1625 unspecified by Chen Hongshou, a Chinese Orthodox School work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a man looking at his reflection in water, surrounded by bare trees. The artist used simple lines and shapes to create a sense of calm. The way he used minimal details to convey a mood is interesting, it shows his ability to simplify complex scenes. You can learn more about similar artworks at the museum, like those found at The Cleveland Museum of Art.
The twenty paintings in this double album by Chen Hongshou include landscapes, figures, and flowers. It also has one leaf featuring a woman, an often-used subject not found in the other albums from the latter part of his career. His late works are wonderful summations of Chen's peculiar and quirky art—archaistic, hyper-refined—but without accompanying shallowness or sentimentality. His figures and landscapes in the late albums are miniaturized, not unlike the small Chinese gardens, or the carefully selected small table rocks or old roots used for contemplation to see the world in miniature.…
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