Detail View: National Palace English: Enjoying Antiquities at Fengjing
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Work ID:
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M01E00246
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Title:
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Enjoying Antiquities at Fengjing
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Creation Date:
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Ming Dynasty
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Start Year Date:
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A.D.1368
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End Year Date:
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A.D.1644
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Dynasty:
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45 Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368~1644)
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Creator:
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Dong Qi-chang
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Creation Place:
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China
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Measurements:
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80.0 x 29.8 cm
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Material:
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Ink on paper
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Form:
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Li-zhou (hanging scroll)
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Type:
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Painting
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Subject:
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Landscape
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Repository:
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The National Palace Museum, Taipei
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Description:
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A native of Huating (today Songjiang in Jiangsu province), Dong Qichang (1555-1636) also used the names Xuanzai and Sibai. In the sixteenth year of the Wanli reign era, he passed the metropolitan examinations earning the jinshi degree. Subsequently, he reached a position as high as Minister in the Ministry of Rites. Dong Qichang excelled at calligraphy and painting. His ink landscapes exhibit a particular kind of clarity. His distinctive style is at once casual and refined. Dong himself inscribed the work, "Together with the daiyu Mr. Gu, I returned from Zuili. The rain delayed us at Fengjing. There, we examining famous art works by past artists. When I felt in the mood, I did this painting. A person of the past said, it is not often that one is moved to write and the feeling is right." The brushwork in Enjoying Antiquities at Fengjing is cultivated, not a single stroke is without purpose. It is an excellent work of calligraphy and painting by Dong.
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ImageV ID:
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M01E00246AS002
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Rights:
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Lee & Lee Communications
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