Plum and Rock
Ning Fucheng, an amateur, was a painter's painter. He lived modestly working as a clerk and studying Han and Qin seal scripts while painting on his own. He exhibited his works only briefly in the 1960s. His paintings, often done with his fingernail and his seal-carving style made a deep impression on other painters.
The man's character is well reflected in the image he chose for this painting—an orchid, unattended, clinging to the crevices of an isolated rock, unleashing its intense fragrance into the mountain air.
The man's character is well reflected in the image he chose for this painting—an orchid, unattended, clinging to the crevices of an isolated rock, unleashing its intense fragrance into the mountain air.
Artwork Details
- 近代 寧斧成 梅石圖 軸
- Title: Plum and Rock
- Artist: Ning Fucheng (Chinese, 1897–1966)
- Date: 20th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: 53 1/2 x 27 in. (135.9 x 68.6 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986
- Object Number: 1986.267.292
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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Stele: Song dynasty (960–1279), 960–68; rubbing: 20th century
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