Zhao Mengfu

3 works in the gallery.
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Bamboo, Rocks and Lonely Orchids
Bamboo, Rocks and Lonely Orchids
by Zhao Mengfu
China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) · 1271–1368 · Handscroll; ink on paper
River Village: Fisherman's Joy
River Village: Fisherman's Joy
by Zhao Mengfu
China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) · c. 1302–3 · Fan painting mounted as album leaf; ink and color on silk
Horses and Grooms (Zhao Mengfu)
Horses and Grooms (Zhao Mengfu)
by Zhao Mengfu
Yuan · Zhao Mengfu · early 14th c.
Three horses and their handlers, painted in the archaic Tang manner by the leading Yuan scholar-official. Zhao turned away from Song realism toward brush-and-ink revivalism — and set the course of literati painting.