元 倪瓚 秋林野興圖 軸, Enjoying the Wilderness in an Autumn Grove, Yuan dynasty (1271?1368), dated 1339, China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 38 5/8 x 27 1/8 in. (98. 1 x 68. 9 cm), Paintings, Ni Zan (Chinese, 1306?1374), Until the early 1340s, Ni Zan lived the life of a wealthy dilettante, spending his time among the precious books, antiques, and flowers of his Pure and Secluded Pavilion. His painting style at the time, as seen here, exhibits a studied archaism in which his interest in descriptive detail is at odds with his self-conscious use of calligraphic 'hemp fiber' brushstrokes in the manner of tenth-century masters