Title:
Wind and Snow in the Fir-pines
Creator/Contributor:
Kuo Min (Guo Min)
Date:
mid to late 13 century A.D.
Identifier:
1999.24
Format:
Painting
Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk
China
h 49 -1/4 x w 22 -3/4 inches
Description:
t: Po-ta
Kuo Min was a late Sung, early Yüan painter whose works are quite rare. He was from Ch'i-hsien in Honan province and was known
as a painter of landscapes, figures, flowers, and ink bamboo. He worked in a style and developed compositions that are associated
with Northern Sung painters like Kuo Hsi and Li Ch'eng.
Following the Li-Kuo style, Kuo Min builds up forms to create this composition of towering mountains fraught with looming
overhangs. This unstable landscape creates a tension that is further heightened by the bleakness of winter.
The painting is signed between two trees at the bottom right.