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Chen Hongshou

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WikidataQ588110

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Chen Hongshou, formerly romanized as Ch'en Hung-shou, was a Chinese painter of the late Ming dynasty.

Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 2mo ago

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Artworks (42)

Album of Flower

1799

Calligraphy

1786 · Hanging scroll; ink on green paper

Image: 64 7/8 x 15 in. (164.8 x 38.1 cm) Overall with mounting: 88 1/4 x 21 3/4 in. (224.2 x 55.2 cm) Overall with knobs: 88 1/4 x 26 in. (224.2 x 66 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figures, flowers, and landscapes

1650 · Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on gold paper

8 x 22 in. (20.3 x 55.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lady Xuanwen Giving Instruction on the Rites of Zhou

1638

Landscape in the Blue-and-Green Manner

1633

Scholar-recluse in blue-green landscape

1633 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Image: 92 3/4 x 30 5/8 in. (235.6 x 77.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 126 5/8 x 34 5/8 in. (321.6 x 87.9 cm) Overall with rollers: 126 5/8 x 37 5/8 in. (321.6 x 95.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Mountain of Five Cataracts

1630

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Rock, Old Tree, and Bamboo

1625

Paintings after Ancient Masters: An Ancient Tree

1625

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Scholar with Staff and Brush

1625

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Scholar Reading in a Thatched Hut by a Waterfall

1625

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Chrysanthemum

1625

Paintings after Ancient Masters: A Lady

1625

Paintings after Ancient Masters:Travelers in an Autumn Landscape

1625

Paintings after Ancient Masters: A Bird and Peach-Blossom Branch

1625

Paintings after Ancient Masters: A Lohan [after Guanxiu]

1625

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Mr. Five Willows (Wuliu), Tao Yuanming

1625

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Volume 2

1625

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Chrysanthemum and Rock

1625

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Portrait of Zhongqing in a Landscape

1625

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Daoist and Crane in Autumn Landscape

1625

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Lotus and Rocks

1625

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Artwork sources (3)

42 published of 43 catalogued · 42 with image

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40 entries · 1 sources

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Daoist and Crane in Autumn Landscape
1625 · Wikidata · 4 prov
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Landscape in the Blue-and-Green Manner
1633 · Wikidata · 4 prov
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Yang Sheng'an Taking an Excursion with Flowers on His Head
— · Wikidata · 4 prov
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Paintings after Ancient Masters: Autumn Landscape
1625 · Wikidata · 4 prov
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Landscapes and Flowers
1624 · Met · 4 prov
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Paintings after Ancient Masters: Portrait of Tao Yuanming
1625 · Wikidata · 4 prov
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Paintings after Ancient Masters: Portrait of Zhongqing in a Landscape
1625 · Wikidata · 4 prov
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Landscape
1650 · Met · 4 prov
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Landscapes, Figures, and Flowers
1620 · Met · 4 prov
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Figures, flowers, and landscapes
1655 · Wikidata · 4 prov
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