Search
Skip to main content
Mountain Landscape after Jīng Hào

Mountain Landscape after Jīng Hào

Artist/Maker (Chinese, 1630–ca. 1710)
Datelate 17th century
MediumHanging scroll, ink and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 70 × 35 in. (177.8 × 88.9 cm)
Mount: 119 3/4 × 47 3/4 in. (304.2 × 121.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Carol S. Brooks in honor of her father, George J. Schlenker, and R. T. Miller Jr. Fund
Object number1997.29.6
Status
Not on view
More Information
In this work, Lǚ Huànchéng uses painting modes of the distant past to evoke an antique air. Blue and green mountains recall ancient landscape paintings and reference a mystic utopia of immortals and sages. Moreover, the overhanging shapes and rhythmic progression of the mountain peaks allude to the style of a painting master and art theorist of the 10th century, Jīng Hào 荆浩, as noted in the artist’s inscription.
ProvenanceDr. George J. Schlenker, Piedmont, California ¹ ² ³; by descent to Carol S. Brooks, Alameda, CA ⁴; by partial gift and purchase 1997 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH Notes: [1] Identifying the two collector's seals will help to determine prior history [2] Selected and purchased by James Cahill, Professor of Art History, University of California, Berkeley, on behalf of his step-father George J. Schlenker [3] Stored at the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, where it was exhibited and used as a teaching aid by Professor James Cahill [4] Daughter of George J. SchlenkerExhibition History
Asian Art and the Allen: American Collectors in the Early 20th Century
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 19, 2014 - July 12, 2015 )
Inches Away, The Heavens Open: Blue and Green Landscapes from the AMAM Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (July 5, 2022 - December 23, 2022 )
Collections
  • Asian
The AMAM continually researches its collection and updates its records with new findings.
We welcome additional information and suggestions for improvement. Please email us at AMAMcurator@oberlin.edu.