1745
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Album of Landscape Paintings Illustrating Old Poems: Man Resting under Bamboo is a 1745 unspecified by Hua Yan, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a lone figure curled up under a tangle of bamboo. The brushstrokes are loose and quick, with dark ink for the rocks and bamboo, light ink for the figure. The background is mostly empty paper, letting the bamboo and the person stand out. The artist left a poem’s calligraphy along the top edge, hinting this is part of a series. The figure looks small against the wild, twisting bamboo—like nature is both shelter and storm. Next, look up Hua Yan to see how other artists used bamboo in Chinese landscape painting.
Hua Yan simplified Chinese: 华嵒; traditional Chinese: 華嵒; pinyin: Huà Yán; Wade–Giles: Hua Yen; courtesy name Qiu Yue (秋岳), sobriquets Xinluo Shanren (新罗山人), Dong Yuan Sheng (东园生), Buyi Sheng (布衣生), Ligou Jushi (离垢居士)and…
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