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Shaoshan

Fu Baoshi Chinese
dated 1959
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
In June 1959, at the invitation of the Hunan People’s Publishing House, Fu spent nine days in Shaoshan to highlight two major sites: Mao Zedong’s former residence and Shaoshan Mountain. The scroll opens on the right with a depiction of the magnificent emerald-green mountain rising above a valley dotted with the modern structures brought to the village under socialist reconstruction: a school, guesthouse, post office, cultural center, and the people’s commune. The culmination of the scroll on the left is Mao’s family residence, deliberately brought closer to the viewer for easy recognition.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Shaoshan
  • Artist: Fu Baoshi (Chinese, 1904–1965)
  • Date: dated 1959
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Handscroll; ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: Image: 10 7/8 x 53 5/8 in. (27.7 x 136.2 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Lent by Nanjing Museum
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art