Dwelling in the Fuchun mountains

Here is a unique painting of the Yuan dynasty. It has 2 parts, one is kept in Taipei museum while the other ( a shorter portion) is kept in a museum in China. What causes this separation?

This painting is known as Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains ( 富春山居圖). It is one of the few surviving works by the painter Huang Gongwang (1269–1354) and it is considered to be among his greatest works. Painted between 1348 and 1350, the Chinese landscape painting was burnt into two pieces in 1650. Today, one piece is kept in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in Hangzhou, while the other piece is kept in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. The entire painting combined would measure 691.3 cm in length.

This portion is kept in China

 In 2011, the first section of the painting was loaned to the National Palace Museum in Taipei where, in June and July, the two pieces were reunited for the first time since their separation more than three and a half centuries ago. The exhibition attracted 847,509 visitors and became one of the most popular art show in 2011.

 For more details on this painting, its creator and its fate over the past centuries, visit this site:

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwelling_in_the_Fuchun_Mountains




Huang Gongwang