Tall Bamboo and Distant Mountains, after Wang Meng
1694
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1694
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a tall bamboo grove on the left, a winding stream, and misty blue mountains in the distance. This painting is actually a copy—Wang Hui spent years recreating a 300-year-old landscape by Wang Meng. Instead of putting the scholar in a pavilion, he moved him right into the trees by the water. The artist even copied the old inscription, showing how much he respected the original. To see how copying could still feel fresh, look up other works in the subject: china, qing dynasty (1644-1911).
![Summer Mountains (after Dong Yuan [active c. 937–75])](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/8aeb132308294f1a/thumb.webp)
