Irkutsk Airport
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.The image of an airport is here transformed into a symbol of international relations, as the artist explained in his inscription:
Hub of Chinese and Soviet civil aviation—my impression of the Irkutsk Airport. In May and August of this year [1957], the delegation of the Chinese Artists Association twice passed through this airport at night. Chinese airplanes landed incessantly as Soviet planes continued to fly east. The close friendship of the two countries could be felt at this airport. On the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the Socialist October Revolution, I painted this to record my impression.
—Trans. Anita Chung
Hub of Chinese and Soviet civil aviation—my impression of the Irkutsk Airport. In May and August of this year [1957], the delegation of the Chinese Artists Association twice passed through this airport at night. Chinese airplanes landed incessantly as Soviet planes continued to fly east. The close friendship of the two countries could be felt at this airport. On the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the Socialist October Revolution, I painted this to record my impression.
—Trans. Anita Chung
Artwork Details
- Title: Irkutsk Airport
- Artist: Fu Baoshi (Chinese, 1904–1965)
- Date: dated 1957
- Culture: China
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 23 9/16 x 40 3/8 in. (59.8 x 102.6 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Lent by Nanjing Museum
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art