- The Exhibition OF Mawangdui Han Tombs
- The Exhibition of Shang and Zhou Bronzes Found in Hunan
- The Exhibition of Ceramics from Famous Kilns in Hunan
- Exhibition of Calligraphies in the Ming and Qing Dynasty
- Exhibition of Paintings Created in the Ming and Qing Dynasties
- - Paintings of the Ming Dynasty
- - Paintings of the Qing Dynasty
- Exhibition of Ten New Major Archaeological Discoveries in Hunan
Paintings of the Ming Dynasty
(A.D. 1368 --- A.D.1644)
In its early days of the Ming Dynasty, the painting art followed the Song Dynasty tradition of the “Academy Style”. The court painting and “Zhe School” painting dominate the artistic field. Then, “Wumen School” dominated the whole field for about 100 years. During the later period of the Ming Dynasty, all kinds of artistic thoughts became active, and various Schools of different styles came into being. Among those Schools, the Songjiang School led and influenced the painting field of the Qing Dynasty.
The Picture Scroll of “Clustering Chinese Plum Flowers”by Chen Lu
paper scroll Length 41cm width 461cm Chen Lu (the date of birth and death remains unknown), styled himself Xianzhang and was born in Huiji (Shaoxing in Zhejiang province). He was good at painting plum flowers, pine trees, bamboos and orchids with a style of elegancy. As for his paintings of black plum flower, he enjoyed equal fame with Wangqian who was renowned for plum flower paintings in early Ming Dynasty, and even surpassed Wang in artistic achievements.Part:
Composing a Tune on the “Jun Hill” by Shen Zhou
silk scroll Length175cm width90.3cm Shenzhou (1427-1509), styled himself Qunan with a title of Shitian and was born in Changzhou (Suzhou in Jiangsu Province). He excelled in poetry and his calligraphy is of powerful strokes. He was especially good at figure painting, landscape drawing, and flower and bird painting with an elegant style and perfect techniques. He was the founder of “Wumen School”.
Fishing Beside a Brook by Qiu Ying
paper scroll Length 127cm width38.5cm Qiuying (about 1493-1560) styled himself Shifu with a title of Shizhou. He was born in Taicang in Jiangsu Province and moved to Suzhou later. As a professional painter, he was expert in figure painting, landscape drawing, lady portraits with a style of neatness, exquisiteness and with bright colours. He was one of the representatives of “Wumen School”.
The Snow-Covered Emei Mountain by Zhang Chenglong
silk scroll Length305.4cm width99cm Zhang Chenglong (the date of birth and death remains unknown) had an original name of Baiyun. He was born in Daliang (Kaifeng in Henan province). He was good at landscape drawing and had imitated all famous paintings in the past. He had developed his own style of professionalism and neatness. He also studied pure line figure painting as well. The painting was painted in the 31st year of Wanli Sovereign (1603).Part:
