Quiet Riverbank
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.In this vast landscape, rows of lush trees are reduced to abstract patterns, which are juxtaposed with realistic images of boats. The dark shadows on the water in the foreground and the shimmering morning light in the distance soften the scene with a touch of lyricism.
First a student and later an instructor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, Song Yuanwen has become one of the most influential printmakers in modern China.
First a student and later an instructor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, Song Yuanwen has become one of the most influential printmakers in modern China.
Artwork Details
- Jing’an de jiang’an
- Title:
Quiet Riverbank
- Artist: Song Yuanwen (Chinese, born 1933)
- Date: 1982
- Culture: China
- Medium: Multiblock woodcut; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 18 x 16 13/16 in. (45.7 x 42.7 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: On loan from the British Museum
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art