Landscape of the Four Seasons 四季山水
Original Language Title四季山水
Artist
Fan Qi 樊圻
(Chinese, 1616 - 1697)
Date1691
MediumHandscroll; ink and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 161 1/2 inches (24.13 × 410.21 cm)
Mount: 11 × 162 inches (27.94 × 411.48 cm)
Mount: 11 × 162 inches (27.94 × 411.48 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of the Hall Family Foundation
Object numberF87-36
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DescriptionLandscape of the four seasons: continuous from right to left, spring, summer, autumn, and winter. mountains, valleys, a river, waterfalls, trees, villages, pavilions, a temple, boats, fishermen, and travelers.Exhibition HistoryFlowers to Frost: Four Seasons in East Asian Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, July 18, 2015 - July 17, 2016.
The seasons unfold in this idyllic river view inspired by Fan Qi’s hometown, Nanjing, in southeast China. From the right, pink bushes brighten the spring air. Continuing to the left, two figures take a warm, pleasant walk along a green mountain path. As foliage takes on autumn colors, peasants harvest straw and grain. Finally, bare trees and quiet houses dot the mild winter landscape.
Hua family, Taipei, Taiwan
Christie's;
Purchased from Christie's by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1987.
Fine Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy, Christie’s, New York, Sale catalog (December 11, 1987), lot 18.
Calendar of Events, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Summer 1988).
“Gems: Literal and Figurative (Recent acquisitions)” Museum News (November/December 1988).
Archives of Asian Art, 42 (1989), fig. 22.
“Report from America (West coast),” Oriental Art, no. 3 (Autumn 1991), 160-166, fig. 7.
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