Juran (painter)
Juran | |
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 Storied Mountains and Dense Forests. Hanging Scroll, ink on silk 144x55.4. National Palace Museum, Taipei. | |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Southern Tang |
Juran (
Northern Song
periods.
Very little is known about Juran's life, and not even his family name is known (Juran is his Buddhist name). He was a native of Chiang-Ning and worked at the
Li Houzhu, the ruler of Southern Tang, surrendered to the Northern Song dynasty. Like many, he and his court were to move to the new capital, Bianjing (now Kaifeng
); Juran went with them. He lived and worked at the K'ai-pao Buddhist temple in Bianjing, but quickly rose to prominence as landscape painter.
There are a few works that have been attributed to him on various grounds: two
landscape format
. According to contemporary sources, Juran also painted a wall painting, Morning Scenery of Haze and Mist, very highly regarded by the artists of the time, but this work is lost.
Gallery
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Xiao Getting the Orchid Pavilion Scroll by Deception
144.1 × 59.6 cm, National Palace Museum -
Buddhist Monastery by Streams and Mountains
185.4 × 57.5 cm, Cleveland Museum of Art -
Seeking the Tao in Autumn Mountains
156 x 77.5 cm, National Palace Museum
See also
- Culture of the Song Dynasty
- Chinese painting
- Chinese art
- History of Chinese art
- Orchid Pavilion Gathering
References
- ^ "Juran | Modernist, Abstract Art & Landscapes | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
- Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (辞海编辑委员会) Ci hai (辞海). Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she (上海辞书出版社), 1979.
- 林茨. The art of Chinese painting (Cultural China series), 2006. ISBN 978-7-5085-0964-8
External links
- Juran Painting Gallery at China Online Museum
- Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717), an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Juran (see index)
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