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Seated Woman. Lin Fengmian (Chinese, 1900–1991). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper. Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986 (1986.267.374).
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Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Chinese Paintings from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
January 30, 2001–August 19, 2001
Douglas Dillon Galleries, 2nd floor
This selection from the Ellsworth Collection at the Metropolitan Museum focuses on Chinese painting created during the period of clashing social visions and dramatic political change that marked China’s entry into the modern world. In the arts, it was a time when the tensions between tradition and innovation, native and foreign styles reached an unprecedented level of intensity. The Ellsworth Collection encompasses nearly all of the traditional masters working during this period, including major examples by the Shanghai School masters Wu Changshuo (1844–1927) and Wang Zhen (1867–1938), the Western-influenced reformer Zu Beihong (1895–1953), and the advocates of a new traditionalism: Fu Baoshi (1904–1965) and Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien, 1899–1983). Of particular note are 14 works by Qi Baishi (1864–1957), one of the best-known Chinese painters of all time.
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