This scroll depicts a wind- and rainswept landscape with figures in the countryside struggling against a late summer monsoon rainstorm. Such weather was familiar to residents of the lower Yangzi delta. <br><br>Xie Shichen spent most of his life in the Suzhou area. Details of his career are scant, but his surviving works suggest that he made his living as a professional painter. This painting conveys drama and anecdotal observations, characteristic of Zhe school paintings, such as the one by Lü Wenying, <a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1970.76">CMA 1970.76</a>.
- By Xie Shichen (Chinese, 1487–after 1567)
- Dated 1530
- Rights: CC0
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Culture
China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Medium
Handscroll; ink and light color on silk
Genre
Painting
Department
Chinese Art
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