Tall Bamboo and Distant Mountains, after Wang Meng (Q60516409)

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artist: Wang Hui (Q716222)
collection: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location of final assembly: China (Q29520)
depicts: tree (Q10884)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)

catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.629

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description: Wang Hui copied masterworks, even by artists not generally favored at the time, and digested their styles with boundless energy and unceasing virtuosity. He had an ability to assimilate a vast repertoire of sources, styles, and approaches into a “grand synthesis.”

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