Guan Tong

CHINA, Shaanxi, Xi’an; Later Liang dynasty

Guan Tong, native of Chang’an (present day Xi’an, Shaanxi), was a painter who was good at depicting commonplace scenes such as autumn mountains, winter forests, village life, and recluses. Many of his paintings display the awe-inspiring mountains of Shaanxi province, a scene which is often referred to as the “Guan Landscape,” and compared favorably to the works of Li Cheng and Fan Kuan. He enjoyed the same reputation as his mentor Jing Hao, with whom he shared the title Jing Guan. Additionally, alongside Jing Hao, Dong Yuan, and Juran, he was known as one of the Four Great Landscape Painters of the Five Dynasties (907–960) and early Song dynasty (960–1279).
The Xuanhe Catalog of Paintings recorded 94 of his works.The painting, Late Greenery of Autumn Mountains, kept at the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan, is attributed to him.