“Tung Yuan (b. 10th century) was active in province of Jiangsu (modern Nanjing) within the Southern Tang court during the Ten Kingdoms Period. While northern China was ravaged by war, the south enjoyed peace, prosperity, and cultural growth. Tung Yuan was a founder of the southern school of landscape painting, and was seen as one of the best of four working artists in China. His elegant style became the standard for brush painting in China for the next nine centuries. His scenery was innovative in its use of techniques such as crosshatching. Mansions in the Mountains portrays a vast gorge that is penetrated by a mountain stream; the mountains lead down to the mansion covers by mist. With a complex harmony that recalls divine perfection as witnessed in nature, paradise is viewed from a high, heavenly perspective. Tung Yuan renders an atmosphere of peace, wisdom, and power. (SWW)
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