Description
Views of Tiger Hill depicts a historic site a few miles northwest of Suzhou. The scenes simulate a visit from arriving by boat at the foot of the mountain to climbing to Cloudy Cliff Monastery. Representations of the artist’s mature style, Shen Zhou included views in subtle colors in the suite of monochrome scenes.
A Suzhou native, Shen Zhou was supported by family wealth and rejected an official career in favor of life as a retired scholar. Turning to painting in midlife, he is regarded as the founder of the Wu School of painting, with its center in Suzhou.
A Suzhou native, Shen Zhou was supported by family wealth and rejected an official career in favor of life as a retired scholar. Turning to painting in midlife, he is regarded as the founder of the Wu School of painting, with its center in Suzhou.
Provenance
Hu Zhishou 胡之壽 [late 18th–mid 19th century)]; Binliang 斌良 [1784–1847]; Hou Shigong 侯士恭 [late 19th–early 20th century]; (Walter Hochstadter [1914–2007], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-1964); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1964-)
Distant View of Tiger Hill from the Canal Mooring, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
after 1490
Accession Number
1964.371.1
Medium
Album leaf; ink on paper or ink and slight color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 31.5 x 40.6 cm (12 3/8 x 16 in.); Overall: 36.5 x 49.9 cm (14 3/8 x 19 5/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
