清 惲壽平 菊花圖 冊頁|Chrysanthemums
Medium
Album leaf; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
11 7/8 x 8 1/8 in. (30.2 x 20.6 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
Accession Number
1989.363.146
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate album leaf, *Chrysanthemums*, the Qing dynasty master Yun Shouping (1633–1690), captures the timeless elegance of autumn blooms in ink and color on paper. during China's Qing period (1644–1911), when flower painting flourished as a refined pursuit among literati artists, Yun's work exemplifies the intimate format of album leaves—small pages (11 7/8 x 8 1/8 in.) designed for personal contemplation or inclusion in bound albums shared among friends and collectors. Yun Shouping, one of the "Six Masters of Early Qing," pioneered the "boneless" (mogu) technique, layering soft washes o...
About the Artist
Yun Shouping|Unidentified artist · 1633–1690
Yun Shouping originally had the name Ge and the style name Shouping, by which he later went. A native of Wujin in Jiangsu, he at first excelled at landscape painting but later felt that he could not compete with the master Wang Hui (1632-1717), turning to flowers instead. His style can be traced all the way back to the "boneless" method of washes used by Xu Chongsi (fl. latter half of 10th c.), bu...