# Album of Landscapes and Calligraphy for Liu Songfu

**Xugu** (Chinese, 1823–1896)  
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1895/96  
Album leaves; ink and color on paper  
Each leaf: 30.5 × 36.3 cm (12 × 14 1/4 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1943.106.11. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/217681).

## About this work

Xugu painted this in the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1895/96, aged about 72. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of album leaves; ink and color on paper.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Album leaf.** A page from an album, meant to be held and looked at closely, one opening at a time.
- **Ink on paper.** Ink made from soot and animal glue, ground with water on an inkstone. A single brush can give a hair-fine line or a broad wash, and nothing can be corrected.

### [Xugu](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/xugu)

Chinese, 1823–1896

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: China
- The artist was about 72
- Real size: about 12 × 14 in (30 × 36 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Movement: [Chinese painting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/chinese-painting)
- Subjects: Chinese (culture or style)
- Colour: white
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/361.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/361/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/album-of-landscapes-and-calligraphy-for-liu-songfu-aic-217681).