# Xiao Yuncong

Chinese, 1596–1673

Xiao Yuncong was a painter from Wuhu in Anhui province who refused to serve the Qing after the fall of the Ming dynasty and lived as a loyalist recluse. He is regarded as the founder of the Gushu school of landscape painting, known for its dry, angular brushwork and crystalline rock forms. His designs for a woodblock-illustrated album of the scenery of Taiping prefecture, published in 1648, were widely influential.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

3 works in the collection.

- [Album of Seasonal Landscapes](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/album-of-seasonal-landscapes-cma-132833), Xiao Yuncong, 1668. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf F (previous leaf 5)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/album-of-seasonal-landscapes-leaf-f-previous-leaf-5-cma-132838), Xiao Yuncong, 1668. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf C (previous leaf 6)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/album-of-seasonal-landscapes-leaf-c-previous-leaf-6-cma-132839), Xiao Yuncong, 1668. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.