id: 145987 accession number: 1971.19 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.19 updated: 2023-06-02 11:05:35.382000 Clouds Visiting a Mountain Retreat, 1633. Tao Hong (Chinese, active c. 1610–1640). Hanging scroll; ink on silk; painting: 176.4 x 101 cm (69 7/16 x 39 3/4 in.); overall with knobs: 290 x 121.3 cm (114 3/16 x 47 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1971.19 title: Clouds Visiting a Mountain Retreat title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1633 creation date earliest: 1633 creation date latest: 1633 current location: creditline: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund copyright: --- culture: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) technique: Hanging scroll; ink on silk department: Chinese Art collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Tao Hong (Chinese, active c. 1610–1640) - artist --- measurements: Painting: 176.4 x 101 cm (69 7/16 x 39 3/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 290 x 121.3 cm (114 3/16 x 47 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Artist's inscription, signature and two seals: Imitating Kao Fan-shan's [Kao K'o-kung's] brush at Liu-yün-ho [Valley of Lingering Clouds] during a spring day in the kuei-yu year [1633]. Yen-shan, T'ao Hung [seals] T'ao Hung chih-yin; tzu Ch'iu-shui. trans. WKH 1 additional seal unidentified. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1971 opening date: 1971-12-28T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1971. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972). title: The Colors of Ink opening date: 1974-01-10T04:00:00 The Colors of Ink. Asia House Galleries (January 10-March 3, 1974); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-May 12, 1974). title: Visions of Landscape: East and West opening date: 1982-02-17T05:00:00 Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982). title: Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 1998-02-21T00:00:00 Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Asia House Gallery, New York, 1974: Lee, Colors of Ink, cat. no. 37.
Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981: Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, cat. no. 200, p. 256.
Nara National Museum, Japan (2/21-3/29/98); Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo (4/28-6/21/98) "Highlights of Asian Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art" p.65, cat. no. 40 * Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 242): January 7, 2015 - July 7, 2015. --- PROVENANCE Tseng Hsien-chi date: footnotes: citations: Tseng Hsien-chi date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The artist’s inscription states that he painted this landscape in the style of Kao Kegong, who in turn followed Mi Fu’s and Mi Youren’s cloudy landscapes by applying layers of ink dots and washes to give texturing and shading to mountains. While the earlier Northern Song masters created their brush idioms to capture the impressionistic effects of nature, later followers adopted the ancient methods for creative improvisations. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1971.19/1971.19_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1971.19/1971.19_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1971.19/1971.19_full.tif