Xiao Yuncong
Illustration — Reading in the Snowy Mountains (雪岳读书). Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper. 79.8 x 40.4 cm.
Also recorded as Chimu · Wumen Daoren · Yun-ts'ung · zi Chimu
Xiao Yuncong
Xiao Yuncong · The Cleveland Museum of Art · John L. Severance Fund · CC0
- Born
- 1596 · Wuhu.
- Died
- 1673
- Nationality
- Ming dynasty · Qing dynasty
- Occupation
- painter · poet · calligrapher
- Fields
- shan shui
- Languages
- Chinese
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Illustration — Reading in the Snowy Mountains (雪岳读书). Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper. 79.8 x 40.4 cm.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Xiao Yuncong. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
getty · 500328335 · gnd · 122239911 · wikidata · Q3570964 · wikipedia · Xiao Yuncong
In this article
Biography
Xiao Yuncong (1596–1673) was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Xiao was born in Wuhu in Anhui province, at that time part of Taiping Prefecture. His style name was 'Chimu' (尺木) and his pseudonym was 'Wumen Daoren' (无闷道人). Later in life he acquired the pseudonyms 'Zhongshan Laoren' (中山老人) and 'Anhui Wuhuren' (安徽芜湖人). Xiao was known for his landscape paintings such as the Taiping shanshui tuhua (太平山水图画) which used dry and twisting brushstrokes called gui shu pai (姑熟派). He did not follow any previous artist's style. In calligraphy, he produced the work Mei Hua Tang Posthumous manuscript (梅花堂遗稿). He remained a lifelong Ming dynasty supporter.
The recorded working language is Chinese. The field of work recorded is shan shui. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Work by Xiao Yuncong is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Seattle Art Museum and National Museum in Warsaw.
Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf A (previous leaf 4), 1668, by Xiao Yuncong
Xiao Yuncong · The Cleveland Museum of Art · John L. Severance Fund
Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf H (previous leaf 8), 1668, by Xiao Yuncong
Xiao Yuncong · The Cleveland Museum of Art · John L. Severance Fund
Collections and holdings
Where the work is held
Collections and holdings
Institutional holdings are recorded as follows.
Documents and archives
Primary material
Documents and archives
scholarly publication
- Landscape Paintings of Xiao Yuncong and Taipingshansuitu, KOREAN JOURNAL OF ART HISTORY, 2007
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2007
- Xiao Yuncong (1596-1669) and his landscape paintings = Xiao Yuncong(1596-1669) ji qi shan shui hui hua
Scholarly · Crossref registry
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 122239911, Xiao, Yuncong.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500328335, Xiao Yuncong.
General reference · The Getty Research Institute
reference work
- “Xiao Yuncong”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Dictionnaire Bénézit 1999: 775.
- 2.Yang Xin, Richard M. Barnhart, Nie Chongzheng, James Cahill, Lang Shaojun, Wu Hung 1997: 271.
- 3.Yang Xin, Richard M. Barnhart, Nie Chongzheng, James Cahill, Lang Shaojun, Wu Hung 1997: 289.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
scholarly publication
Landscape Paintings of Xiao Yuncong and Taipingshansuitu, KOREAN JOURNAL OF ART HISTORY, 2007Crossref registry
Institutional witnessscholarly publication
Xiao Yuncong (1596-1669) and his landscape paintings = Xiao Yuncong(1596-1669) ji qi shan shui hui huaCrossref registry
Institutional witnessreference work
Secondary witnessauthority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 122239911, Xiao, Yuncong.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Secondary witnessauthority file
Getty Union List of Artist Names 500328335, Xiao Yuncong.The Getty Research Institute
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Paintings
18,717 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Xia ShuwenArtist
- Xia Xiao WanArtist
- Xiang ShengmoArtist
- Xiang YuanbianArtist
- Xiao ZhaoArtist
- Xie HeArtist
- Xie HuanArtist
- Xie ShichenArtist
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Xiao Yuncong?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.