Bees and Camellias
Qi Baishi painted the camellias. Wang Xuetao, a member of the Beijing Painting Academy who had a reputation for painting insects as well as birds and flowers, added the bees, as noted in his inscription.
Artwork Details
- 清/現代 齊白石、王雪濤 黃蜂山茶圖 摺扇
- Title: Bees and Camellias
- Artist: Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864–1957)
- Artist: Wang Xuetao (Chinese, 1903–1982)
- Date: 20th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper
- Dimensions: 7 3/8 x 21 3/8 in. (18.7 x 54.3 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986
- Object Number: 1986.267.229
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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