Artist:Wen Zhengming (1470-1559AD)

Dimensions:height: 160cm, width: 32.5cm

Ink on Paper,hanging scroll

This is an ink landscape painting, depicting the mountain and water scenery of the Taihu Lake area. The clear and shimming lake reflects the distant sheer and green mountains and there seems to be smoky mist around the tree and water. Near the lake under the cover of tree shadow stand the nearby cottages inside which one can enjoy the wonderful scenery while drinking as if in fairyland. The painter expressed the deep and serene art concept in the heart of literati and scholar-bureaucrats by his vigorous and elegant ink painting.

Wen Zhengming (1470-1559AD), original name Bi, courtesy name Hengshanjushi, adopted Huiming as his present name. He was born in Changzhou (present-day Suzhou in Jiangsu Province) and used to be an official of the Imperial Academy. He was good at poetry and essay, especially in calligraphy and painting. He is one of the representatives of “the Painting School of Wu”.