Portrait of Mi Fei

Mi Fei: The 4 Most Famous Paintings, Documented

Updated октобар 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 4 works by Mi Fei in our catalogue

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According to this ranking, Title(Japanese): 草書四帖 (1000) is the most famous painting by Mi Fei; the Muzej lepih umetnosti grada Osake, Osaka, holds it. It is followed by 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). This list draws on the 4 works by Mi Fei in the catalogue and records the 4 most famous, with date, holding museum and description for each entry.

1051 – 1107, Ђангсу Most works: Muzej lepih umetnosti grada Osake

Mi Fei: top 10 entries of the list

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

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…

Mi Fei: holding museums

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

Museum City Works by Mi Fei Paintings from this list
Muzej lepih umetnosti grada Osake, OsakaMuzej lepih umetnosti grada Osake 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 by year: the most famous paintings

The dated works of Mi Fei recorded on this page all date from 1095.

Works per year

Select a year to display its principal paintings.

Mi Fei: questions and documented answers

Which Mi Fei painting heads the list of most famous works?Display the answer

Title(Japanese): 草書四帖 (1000), Muzej lepih umetnosti grada Osake, Osaka. The following entries are 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 by Mi Fei are recorded?Display the answer

The catalogue records 4 works by Mi Fei.

In which collections are Mi Fei's most famous works held?Display the answer

Principally in Muzej lepih umetnosti grada Osake (Osaka) and Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven). The museum table above gives the full distribution.

Where can reproductions of Mi Fei's paintings be obtained?Display the answer

Yes. Each work listed on this page can be ordered from its own entry as a hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, in a size of your choice.

Mi Fei: life and work

Rani život i karijera

Mi Fei, kineski slikar, pesnik i kaligraf, rođen je 1051. godine u Taiyuanu tokom dinastije Song. Njegovo ranije doba odrazilo je izuzetan interesovanje za umetnost i književnost, kao i neobične veštine pamćenja. Kao član porodice koja je imala bliske veze sa carskom porodicom, Mi Fei je imao privilegiju boravka u kraljevskim palatama, gde je započeo svoju karijeru kao recenzent knjiga, kao i profesor slikarstva i kaligrafije.

Umetnički stil i nasleđe

Njegov specifičan stil slikanja maglovitih pejzaža, poznat kao stil "Mi Fu", oslanjao se na upotrebu velikih, vlažnih tačaka mastila nanetih plosatim četkicom. Ova jedinstvena tehnika donela mu je reputaciju jednog od četiri najveća kaligrafa dinastije Song, pored umetnika kao što su Su Shi, Hung Tingjian i Cai Xian. Njegov sin, Mi Youren, takođe je postao čuveni slikar, usvojivši očevu tehniku korišćenja velikih tačaka vlažne mastile, što je kasnije dobilo naziv "Mi tačke".

Značajna dela i kolekcije


Zhao Mengfu: Jahači vodeći belog konja (Muzej umetnosti u Indianapolisu, svila) – ovo delo veličanstveno prikazuje uticaj koji je Mi Fei ostavio na buduće generacije umetnika.
Wen Zhengming: Studio istinskog uživanja (Zhen Shang Zhai) (Kineski centar za istraživanje moderne i savremene umetnosti, papir) – delo koje demonstrira neprolazni uticaj Mi Feijevog stila na kinesku umetnost.

Ličnost i kasniji život

Mi Fei je bio poznat po svojoj ekscentričnoj ličnosti, uključujući mani težnju ka čistoći i opsesiju prikupljanjem kamenja, zbog čega je dobio nadimak "ludi Mi". Bio je i veliki ljubitelj pića. Uprkos tome, nastavio je da stvara izuzetna umetnička dela, ostavljajući za sobom nasleđe jednog od najslavnijih umetnika Kine. Doživite enigmatični svet umetnosti Mi Feija, gde magloviti pejzaži i kaligrafsko majstorstvo oživljavaju.

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