The Woodcutter of Luofu
Chen Ruyan (Chinese, c. 1331–1371)
1366
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink on silk
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- Painting: 107.2 x 53.6 cm (42 3/16 x 21 1/8 in.); Overall with knobs: 253.5 x 88.7 cm (99 13/16 x 34 15/16 in.)
- Culture
- China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Chinese Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
This landscape illustrates the traditionalism of Chinese painting: while the brush manner is novel, the composition is based on early Song dynasty (960-1127) models. The soft raveling brushstrokes and lumpy rock shapes are characteristic of the new 14th-century stylistic expression.
