Need help with Chinese characters in these paintings

[John Al]

My grandma loved to travel to China, she left two scroll paintings we don't have any clue.  Could somebody help to translate the meaning and the artist name who made them.  Huge thanks for your help.

[Sandro]

It says something like "Wandering in Lijiang picture" and then following what might be the name of the painter, Ding Ang. Following is: Guilin Qixing Mountain residence. Guilin, Qixing is a place name in Guangxi province, Lijiang is the river flowing through there.

It's not 100% but now you have an idea.

You can google the place names.

[Publius]

灕江行牧圖

丁卯夏日於桂林七星山居

 

Cattle herding on the Li River

Summer of 1987, at mountain dwelling in Qixing, Guilin

 

The painter's name is 陳德X (the seal is hard to read)

 

N.B. It didn't say cattle but sheep is highly unlikely. Also 丁卯 could mean 1927 or 1867 or 1807... you get the idea.

[Sandro]

Ok, Publius saw some of the characters more clearly. I didn't catch the 牧 and the 夏. So his version is correct.

[John Al]

I really appreciate your help Sandra and Publius.  So, the name of the artist is Ding And?

[Publius]

1 hour ago, John Al said:

So, the name of the artist is Ding And?

No. The name of the artist is Chen DeSomething (陳德？, the third character I can't read). Of course it could be just Chen De, if the seal says 陳德之印 (personal seal of Chen De) but it doesn't look like 之 to me so I'm not sure.

[889]

Has the photo disappeared itself?

[Publius]

On 1/20/2017 at 12:29 AM, 889 said:

Has the photo disappeared itself?

Dunno. Very strange. I can't see the photo on my computer. Had to download it using smartphone.

Can you see this one?

 

[889]

Yes, your photo shows.

[陳德聰]

Can we get a close-up of the red seal? I am curious about my brethren.

[roddy]

There is something odd going on with the image - I could see it on the computer but not mobile. Will investigate. 

[Sandro]

I'm not called Sandra btw, I'm male 

[陳德聰]

My guess is 陳德恆印

[889]

That's really good. Seems like he's now doing porcelain painting. See line 14 for his contact details.

 

http://images.mofcom.gov.cn/guilin/201412/20141202144036275.xls

[陳德聰]

If that's the one, then it's 1987 丁卯 I guess.

[889]

Yep, he was painting landscapes then.

 

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4dc87653010008nt.html

 

His blog "starts" here, then heads back in time.

 

http://blog.sina.com.cn/chendeheng

[roddy]

Couldn't figure out what happened with the image here - will keep an eye open for any similar oddities.

[John Al]

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[John Al]

You guys goes extra miles to figure out the artist name, please accept my thankfulness from the bottom of my heart.  These are the two seals on that painting