Pavilion beside a rock garden and stream
Gu Linshi Chinese
Not on view
When Gu Linshi painted this fan in 1921, literati gardens of the type depicted were fast disappearing. During the nineteenth century, many famous gardens were destroyed in wars and rebellions, and after the revolution of 1911, gardens of wealthy families fell into disrepair. Here, Gu paints in the style of the sixteenth-century artist Qian Gu, whose patrons owned some of the most opulent gardens of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).
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