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Spring Landscape
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About this work
One of the acclaimed "Four Monks" (the other three being Zhu Da, Daoji, and Hongren), Kuncan was known for the rough and rustic style of his landscape paintings. This painting was once part of a large album, painted at the request of his friend Cheng Zhengkui (active 1630–74), with whom he shared a common interest in painting and poetry. The inscription contains a poem, which reads: Wandering through mountains and oblivious of time, We met in casual shoes (and attires). The wind and dew drops harbor a chilling emptiness. Only with patience and silence can the Chan inspiration come. . . .
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineSpring Landscape (春景圖), 1666. Kuncan (Chinese, 1612–c. 1673). Double album leaf mounted as a handscroll; ink and color on paper; overall: 31.8 x 64.5 cm (12 1/2 x 25 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1966.367
