Pavilion beside a rock garden and stream
When Gu Linshi painted this fan in 1921, literati gardens of the type depicted were fast disappearing. During the nineteenth century, many famous gardens were destroyed in wars and rebellions, and after the revolution of 1911, gardens of wealthy families fell into disrepair. Here, Gu paints in the style of the sixteenth-century artist Qian Gu, whose patrons owned some of the most opulent gardens of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).
Artwork Details
- 清/現代 顧麟士 溪亭圖 摺扇
- Title: Pavilion beside a rock garden and stream
- Artist: Gu Linshi (Chinese, 1865–1930)
- Period: Republic period (1912–49)
- Date: 1921
- Culture: China
- Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper
- Dimensions: 7 x 19 5/8 in. (17.8 x 49.8 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986
- Object Number: 1986.267.136
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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Gu Linshi
dated 1921
Gu Linshi
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