Wang Mien: Plum Blossoms in Early Spring
Yuan Dynasty / hanging scroll / ink on silk
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Wang Mien (1287-1359) was a native of Chu-chi, Chekiang province. His style name was
Yuan-chang, and his sobriquets were Chu-shih shan-nung and Fan-niu-weng. He was talented
in sketching bamboo and rocks, but especially excelled in painting ink plums after following
the style of the Sung painter Yang Pu-chih. This work is from Wang Mien's late years. The
branches protruding upward from the crooked and tilt trunk are executed in strong brushstrokes,
and the blossoms are adroitly expressed in the method of outlining the petals and filling in
the background with inkwash. It is a masterpiece ranked at the foremost of Yuan dynasty plum
blossom painting.
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