Pulling Oars under Clearing Autumn Skies 晴秋涉櫂圖, Lu Zhi, Ming dynasty (1368–1644); c. 1545
Lu ZhiChinese, 1496–1576

Pulling Oars under Clearing Autumn Skies 晴秋涉櫂圖

Ming dynasty (1368–1644); c. 1545 · Painting

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Where is “Pulling Oars under Clearing Autumn Skies 晴秋涉櫂圖” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

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About the painting

Landscape painting offered artists the opportunity to create visual poems about the beauty and continuity of nature and man's place in it. Lu Zhi, a 16th-century artist, belonged to a class of highly educated men who painted for their own pleasure. In Distant Mountains, he used multiple ground planes and suggestive voids to create a majestic vista of jagged peaks and a meandering, wide river. Through the crystalline precision of his brush strokes, the artist achieved an image of great clarity and refinement.

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