Garden scene
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.
Artwork Details
- 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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