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Cloudy Mountains
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About this work
Cloudy Mountains captures the view of a lush and misty riverscape, an impression of Mi Youren’s new environment, painted in a moment of peace. With the fall of the Northern Song dynasty in 1127 upon the Jurchen’s military invasion, Mi Youren fled south across the Yangzi River. In 1130, he had reached Xinchang in Zhejiang province and thanked his host with this painting for having given him shelter. Mi Youren was the oldest son of the art critic Mi Fu (1051– 1107); both developed a distinct style of mountain scenery by accumulating wet ink dots that create a hazy atmosphere.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineCloudy Mountains (雲山圖), 1130. Mi Youren (Chinese, 1072–1151). Handscroll; ink and color on silk; image: 43.7 x 192.6 cm (17 3/16 x 75 13/16 in.); overall: 45.5 x 646.8 cm (17 15/16 x 254 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1933.220
