Wang Shimin’s landscape map axis

[Wang Shimin’s landscape map axis]

Landscape map axis, Qing Dynasty, Wang Shimin’s painting, paper book, ink pen, 84.5 cm vertically and 40.7 cm horizontally
This painting is signed: “Yimao spring rain window painting. Wang Shimin.”
Seal “Wang Shimin” white square seal, “smoker” Zhu square seal
The author went through two “Yimao” years, namely the 43rd year of the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1615), when he was 24 years old; In the 14th year of Kangxi’s reign in the Qing Dynasty (1675), the author was 84 years old
The picture shows a clear valley and a stream, with waterfalls hanging high on the rocks in the distance, secluded houses nearby, and several ancient trees luxuriant. The composition adopts the flat and distant style. The scene combines the styles of Huang Gongwang, Gao Kegong, Ni Zan and others of the Yuan Dynasty, making the picture both ancient and fresh and natural. The ink color in the picture is clear and elegant, the pen is exquisite and simple, and the artistic conception is simple and elegant. The depiction of trees and fountains makes people feel that there is sound in silence, and there is sound outside the painting, which is interesting and exquisite