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The Far Snows of Minshan Only Make Us Happy

Fu Baoshi Chinese
dated 1953
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
Fu created this propaganda painting based on a line from Mao Zedong’s poem “The Long March.” Included in the First National Chinese Painting Exhibition, held in Beijing in 1953, it caught the attention of visiting artists from Romania, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the German Democratic Republic, who requested a meeting with Fu after seeing the exhibition.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Far Snows of Minshan Only Make Us Happy
  • Artist: Fu Baoshi (Chinese, 1904–1965)
  • Date: dated 1953
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Horizontal scroll, ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: Image: 24 11/16 x 42 5/16 in. (62.7 x 107.5 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Lent by Nanjing Museum
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art