Landscape
1761
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1761
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Landscape is a 1761 paint by Zhang Qia, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Zhang Qia’s 1761 ink landscape shows layered hills and twisting willow branches, all in deep blacks and lighter grays. The brush moves freely with few outlines, letting ink do the work. Tiny dots mark distant trees and foreground shrubs, a trick to show both near and far. This isn’t just scenery—it’s a quiet poem of space. The dots double as foliage and horizon, tying the whole scene together with one simple trick. It feels like looking through a window. Next, check out Zhang Qia’s other works.
Zhang Qia’s 1761 landscape employs loose brushwork and restrained outlines, using contrasting ink tones to define undulating hills and dense willow thickets. Rows of dense ink dots mark foliage at the base of trees and along hill edges, while distant hills recede through diluted grey washes, contrasting with drier foreground strokes. Buildings near the shore introduce scale and suggest human presence, and the painting’s signature identifies it with the expressive xieyi style. The work integrates poetry and calligraphy in varied scripts, along with two seal impressions, mounted on paper with…
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Zhang Qia’s 1761 Landscape belongs to the Qing dynasty’s orthodox tradition of ink painting, where brushwork and composition follow centuries-old rules.
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