Striking Peak
Original Language Title清 蕭雲從 奇峰圖
Artist
Xiao Yuncong
(Chinese, 1596 - 1673)
DateQing dynasty (1644-1911)
MediumHanging scroll; ink and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 51 1/4 × 37 1/4 inches (130.18 × 94.62 cm)
Mount: 107 × 38 1/4 inches (271.78 × 97.16 cm)
Mount: 107 × 38 1/4 inches (271.78 × 97.16 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the Fortieth Anniversary Fund
Object numberF75-36
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Gallery LabelIn the inscription, Xiao Yuncong evokes the wild, natural scenery of Mount Tianping. The figure and buildings, however, suggest a landscape shaped by cultivated gardens. The commanding peak on the upper right of this work recalls the monumental mountains of Song dynasty painting (960–1279 C.E.), as seen in Winter Mountains on the other side of this gallery. Because this work was created several centuries later, it also ventures into a more abstract realm. The twisted, highly stylized boulders may be inspired by rocks in a manor garden.
Dr. Victoria Contag von Winterfeldt (1906-1973), Munich, Germany, by April 1952-1973 [1];
By descent to her daughter, Beatrix Freifrau Riedesel zu Eisenbach, 1973-75;
Purchased from Beatrix Freifrau Riedesel zu Eisenbach by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1975.
NOTES:
[1] Victoria von Winterfeldt was a sinologist at the University of Mainz. This object was on loan from her to the Nelson-Atkins from April 1952 until her death in 1973.
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