Two album leaves from a landscape album by Li Liufang

Two album leaves from a landscape album 1621

ink-on-paper

hand drawn type

leaf

ink-on-paper

hand-drawn typeface

fading type

thick font

china

watercolour bleed

white font

watercolour illustration

mixed medium

sketchbook art

watercolor

"Two Album Leaves from a Landscape Album" (1621) by Li Liufang is a delicate and minimalist ink-and-wash painting. It depicts a simple landscape with trees in a flowing, graceful style. The image is part of a larger album of landscapes, and its subtle beauty emphasizes the interconnectedness of nature. The album leaves showcase Li Liufang's mastery of the *shanshui* (mountain-water) genre of Chinese landscape painting. The artist, known for his refined brushwork and poetic sensibilities, expertly captures the essence of the natural world through ink washes and delicate lines. This work is housed in 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.