‘AFTER THE RAIN: A MAJESTIC MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE’, BY ZHU ZHEN, 19TH CENTURY

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‘AFTER THE RAIN: A MAJESTIC MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE’, BY ZHU ZHEN, 19TH CENTURY China. Ink on silk. Finely painted depicting an expansive mountainous landscape with towering, craggy peaks rising through drifting mist. The richly wooded valley is dotted with pavilions, temples, rustic dwellings, and separated by a stream. Two solitary figures are seated beneath a hut, framed by ancient pines, willows, and bare trees. The varied textural strokes and layered washes create a strong sense of depth while the monumental peaks lend the composition a serene grandeur. Inscriptions: To the upper right, ‘After the rain, white mist rises through the empty woods, springs and streams flow in the mountains’, ‘Tang Yin, in the second month of spring, in imitation of the brushwork of Jia Sidao’, ‘Respectfully presented to my esteemed elder brother Yueqiu for his kind review and expert evaluation’, signed ‘Yingmei [X] Zhu Zhen’ followed by two seals, ‘Zhen [X] yin’ and ‘Jingmou’. Dimensions: Image size 139.5 x 62 cm, Size incl. mounting 180.6 x 84.3 cm Framed behind glass. (2) Zhu Zhen was a female painter from Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, active within the cultivated circles of women artists during the late Qing and early Republican periods. She used the artist names Yingmei and Jingmou and was accomplished in poetry, literature, calligraphy, and painting, with particular distinction in the depiction of female figures (shinu hua). Her works are characterized by an elegant and refined aesthetic rooted in the traditions of the educated woman artist, and have subsequently been included in exhibitions devoted to women painters of the Republican period. Literature comparison: Compare a related painting of a lady holding a fan by Zhu Zhen, dated late Qing dynasty, 90.8 x 31.5 cm, in the Kampo Museum in Shiga, reference number 4a-1017.

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