Two album leaves from a landscape album by Li Liufang

Two album leaves from a landscape album 1621

ink-on-paper

water colours

ink painting

hand drawn type

leaf

ink-on-paper

fading type

china

sketchbook drawing

watercolour bleed

watercolour illustration

mixed medium

sketchbook art

watercolor

"Two album leaves from a landscape album" is an ink and color painting on paper by the Chinese artist Li Liufang. The work consists of two album leaves, each depicting a landscape scene, with the left side featuring calligraphic inscriptions. The right side shows a wintry landscape with trees and rocks, painted in a loose and expressive style characteristic of Li Liufang's work. This artwork is a prime example of Chinese ink and wash painting, a technique where artists use varying shades of black ink to depict landscapes, figures, and objects. These album leaves, dated 1621, were originally part of a larger collection of landscape paintings by Li Liufang, who was renowned for his expressive brushwork and subtle use of color. They are currently part of the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

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Li Liufang was a painter of the late Ming dynasty. He painted mostly in small formats, playing with ink and trying to channel the creative essence of certain old painting masters rather than copying their formal patterns. Most of his works look like improvised sketches, executed with fresh spontaneity. This album contains examples of Li’s early style—spare, linear compositions, in which he used less ink for thinner, fainter lines—as well as his later style, with its rich, inky brushwork.