Landscape and Figure
Wu writes in his inscription on this fan that the landscape was done in the style of Hua Yen (1682–ca 1765), but the loose impressionistic brushwork belongs to the style first popular in Shanghai. Wu worked in Peking, but the Shanghai style was no longer a local phenomenon by his generation. The era of reproductions and easy travel freed artists from the limitations of regional schools.
Artwork Details
- 清/現代 吳觀岱 臨窗讀易圖 摺扇
- Title: Landscape and Figure
- Artist: Wu Guandai (Chinese, 1862–1929)
- Date: early 20th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper
- Dimensions: 7 5/16 x 20 3/4 in. (18.6 x 52.7 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986
- Object Number: 1986.267.128
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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Wu Guandai
dated 1913
Wu Guandai
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China
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