Garden scene

1867

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Wu Tao was one of the leading literati landscape painters of the late nineteenth century. In this album leaf, Wu applied his eye for landscape to the curated world of the garden, using saturated washes of light indigo and sienna to depict a tranquil scholar’s retreat.

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清　吳滔　園林圖　冊頁
Title: Garden scene
Artist: Wu Tao (Chinese, 1840–1895)
Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Date: 1867
Culture: China
Medium: Album leaf; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 13 × 11 in. (33 × 27.9 cm)
Sheet: 20 15/16 × 20 15/16 in. (53.2 × 53.2 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Carin and Michael Cunningham, in memory of Harrie A. Vanderstappen, 2017
Object Number: 2017.724
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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