Lotus
Xiao settled in Shanghai after a career teaching in art colleges. He was fond of using a single large brush to execute all strokes in a painting, including the inscription. Here, his bold brushwork sensitively defines broad thin leaves curling in a rich, almost viscous space.
Artwork Details
- 清/現代 蕭俊賢 墨荷圖 軸
- Title: Lotus
- Artist: Xiao Zhunxian (1865–1949)
- Date: dated 1932
- Culture: China
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Dimensions: 51 x 16 1/2 in. (129.5 x 41.9 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986
- Object Number: 1986.267.177
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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