COLLECTION NAME:
National Palace English
Record
Work ID:
M01E00246
Title:
Enjoying Antiquities at Fengjing
Creation Date:
Ming Dynasty
Start Year Date:
A.D.1368
End Year Date:
A.D.1644
Dynasty:
45 Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368~1644)
Creator:
Dong Qi-chang
Creation Place:
China
Measurements:
80.0 x 29.8 cm
Material:
Ink on paper
Form:
Li-zhou (hanging scroll)
Type:
Painting
Subject:
Landscape
Repository:
The National Palace Museum, Taipei
Description:
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.
ImageV ID:
M01E00246AS002
Rights:
Lee & Lee Communications