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"tombstone": "Water Village (\u5e73\u6a4b\u9060\u6c34), 1570. Wen Boren (Chinese, 1502\u20131575). Handscroll; ink and light color on paper; overall: 26.7 x 183 cm (10 1/2 x 72 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.370",
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From the restrained atmosphere of this landscape, one would never guess that Wen Boren was known as the \u201cbad boy\u201d of the Wu School for his explosive temper. As a younger man, he was even embroiled in a contentious lawsuit with his own uncle, Wen Zhengming (1470\u20131559), a master of Ming dynasty painting with whom he had trained. The ideal of the scholar-painter, or literati, was that an artist\u2019s moral character is reflected in his paintings, so there was great incongruity between Wen Boren\u2019s difficult personality and his restrained landscapes. A contemporary, Wang Shizhen, wrote this about him:
\"This gentleman is prone to behave odiously and screamed accusations at people. How is it possible for him to carry in his bosom such a wealth of scenic wonders?\"
Who knows what effort it took to subdue his fractious spirit to project an image of coolness and refined taste in his paintings?",
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