Mi Fei, 1051 – 1107

The 4 Most Famous Paintings by Mi Fei

The painting that made Mi Fei famous is Title(Japanese): 草書四帖 (1000); it hangs in the Pokrajinski muzej lepih umetnosti v Osaki, Osaka. Model Calligraphies of Yingguang Hall (Yingguangtang tie)\n\nImage 1 of album 1 (1200) and Poem Written in a Boat on the Wu River (1095) follow it in the hearts of collectors and museum visitors. Of the 4 works by Mi Fei in our catalogue, these 4 are the most admired, each presented with its date, its museum and what sets it apart.

Ranked by our popularity score, which combines the searches, visits and orders for each work. Updated oktober 2026. Every masterpiece on this page can be ordered as a museum-quality, hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, at the size you choose.

Portrait of Mi Fei
Mi Fei · 1051 – 1107
Born · died
1051 – 1107, Džjangsu
Works in our catalogue
4
Most famous
Title(Japanese): 草書四帖 (1000)
Most works at
Pokrajinski muzej lepih umetnosti v Osaki

Mi Fei: the ten masterpieces

Poem Written in a Boat on the Wu River (1095) by Mi Fei
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Poem Written in a Boat on the Wu River

1095

Sun Guoting"s Manual on Calligraphy (687) states that calligraphy reveals the character and emotions of the writer. Few works demonstrate this principle as clearly as this handscroll by Mi Fu, the leading calligrapher of late Northern Song. Mi wrote Sailing on the Wu River with a suspended arm, working from the elbow rather than the wrist. It was not his aim to form perfect characters; instead, he entrusted his writing…

Where to see Mi Fei's paintings

The 2 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.

Museum City Works by Mi Fei Paintings from this list
Pokrajinski muzej lepih umetnosti v Osaki, OsakaPokrajinski muzej lepih umetnosti v Osaki Osaka 1 Title(Japanese): 草書四帖
Yale University Art Gallery, New HavenYale University Art Gallery New Haven 1 Mountains and Water

Mi Fei, year by year: the defining paintings

Every dated masterpiece of Mi Fei on this page belongs to 1095: here they are.

  1. 1095
    Poem Written in a Boat on the Wu River (1095) by Mi Fei
    #3 of 4

    Poem Written in a Boat on the Wu River

    Age 44

    Sun Guoting"s Manual on Calligraphy (687) states that calligraphy reveals the character and emotions of the writer. Few works demonstrate this principle as clearly as this handscroll by…

Mi Fei's masterpieces: questions and answers

Which painting is Mi Fei best known for?Show the answer

Title(Japanese): 草書四帖 (1000), Pokrajinski muzej lepih umetnosti v Osaki, Osaka. Next come Model Calligraphies of Yingguang Hall (Yingguangtang tie)\n\nImage 1 of album 1 (1200) and Poem Written in a Boat on the Wu River (1095).

How many works did Mi Fei paint?Show the answer

Our catalogue lists 4 works by Mi Fei.

In which museums can I see Mi Fei's masterpieces?Show the answer

Most of them are in Pokrajinski muzej lepih umetnosti v Osaki (Osaka) and Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven). The table above lists the museums one by one.

Can I own a reproduction of a Mi Fei masterpiece?Show the answer

Yes. Every painting on this page can be ordered as a museum-quality, hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, in the size you choose, from the painting's own page.

The life of Mi Fei

življenjsko obdobje in kariera

Mi Fei, kitajski slikar, pesnik in kaligraf, se je rodil leta 1051 v Taiyuanju med dinastijo Song. Njegovo zgodnje življenje je bilo zaznamovano z izpostavljenostjo umetnosti in literature ter izjemnimi spominskimi sposobnostmi. Ker je pripadal družini z tesnimi povezavami z imperialno hišo, je imel privilegij bivanja v kraljevih palačah, kjer se je njegova pot začela kot revizor knjig ter profesor slikarstva in kaligrafije.

umetniški slog in dediščevo

Mi Fei je zaslujil z svojim specifičnim slogom slikanja megličnih pejzažev, znanim kot slog "Mi Fu", ki je temeljil na uporabi velikih, mokrih točk mựcu, nanaščenih s ploščim čopičem. Ta edinstvena tehnika mu je prinesla slavo enega od štirih največjih kaligrafov dinastije Song, ki so ga dopolnjevali Su Shi, Hung Tingjian in Cai Xian. Njegov sin, Mi Youren}, je prav tako postal izpostavljen slikar, ki je prevzel očetov način uporabe velikih mokrih točk mựcu, kar je kasneje dobilo pripevno ime "Mi točke".

izpostavljena dela in kolekcije

Njegov vpliv na umetnost je viden skozi obdobja, kar dokazujejo izjemna dela, kot je Zhao Mengfu: jahači vodijo belega konja (Indianapolis Museum of Art, svila), ki prikazuje vpliv Mi Feija na naslednje generacije umetnikov, ter Wen Zhengming: studio pravega uživanja (Zhen Shang Zhai) (China Modern and Contemporary Art Document Research Center, papir), ki demonstrira trajno prisotnost njegovega stila v kitajski umetnosti.

osebnost in pozna leta

Mi Fei je bil znan po svoji ekscentrični osebnosti, ki je vključevala manijo za čistočo in obsesijo pri zbirovanju kamenov, zaradi česar je zaslužil pripetek "čezdrgani Mi". Bil je tudi ljubimec močnega pijačev. Kljub tem je z nesamostno voljo nadaljeval ustvarjati izjemna umetniška dela, s čimer je zapustil dediščino enega najbolj slavnih kitajskih umetnikov. doživite enigmatični svet umetnosti Mi Fei, kjer oživijo meglični pejzaži in kaligrafsko mojstvo.

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