Huang Gongwang

2 works in the gallery.
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Summer Mountains (after Dong Yuan [active c. 937–75])
Summer Mountains (after Dong Yuan [active c. 937–75])
by Huang Gongwang
China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) · 1290–1354 · hanging scroll; ink and slight color on silk
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains
by Huang Gongwang
Huang Gongwang · 1350 · split between Taipei and Hangzhou
A Yuan-dynasty masterpiece painted for a Daoist friend, its 6.9-meter scroll burned in two in 1650 by a distraught collector trying to take it with him to the afterlife. The two surviving halves were reunited for one exhibition in 2011 after 360 years apart.