Like the flowers and bird paintings and figure paintings of the period, the mountains and water paintings of the Song Dynasty were very realistic. The Yuan Dynasty painters later developed landscape painting from this basis.

Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountain by Huang Gongwang　

Huang Gongwang (1269-1354) was a native of Changshu in Jiangsu Province. He served as a junior officer when he was young but was thrown into prison because of his involvement in a crime committed by someone else. Coming out of the prison, he changed his name to Yifeng, became a Taoist monk and began to study painting. After the age of 50, he retired in Hangzhou and concentrated on painting. Huang learned from his uncle Zhao Mengfu , who was also a well-known painter of the Yuan Dynasty, and other Song Dynasty painters.

Page:

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

All rights reserved. Reproduction of text for non-commercial purposes is permitted provided that both the source and author are acknowledged and a notifying email is sent to us.