Album of Landscape Paintings Illustrating Old Poems: Scholar under a Pine Tree

Hua Yan’s ‘Album of Landscape Paintings Illustrating Old Poems: Scholar under a Pine Tree’ was created in 1745. The painting is part of an album illustrating old poems. It is an ink and light color work on paper. Qing dynasty, China.

This album leaf measures 34.9 x 27.3 cm. The piece belongs to the Cleveland Museum of Art’s collection. It is classified under Chinese painting from the Qing dynasty.

Hua Yan was associated with the Yangzhou school and is one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. His courtesy name was Qiu Yue. He worked in Yangzhou and later in Hangzhou.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.68.1

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