Album of Landscape Painting Illustrating Old Poems
1745
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1745
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
This scroll shows a quiet riverside scene with boats, trees, and distant mountains. Hua Yan painted it to match old poems, not to look real. His brushwork is loose and playful—no stiff rules here. The Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou wanted to break painting traditions. Their work feels fresh even today. Check out more works by Hua Yan at The Cleveland Museum of Art.
