Curator Joseph Scheier-Dolberg on "Returning Home" by Shitao (Zhu Ruoji).
12 paintings by Shitao that take you on a journey
“This is a guy who’s asking the question, ‘Who am I, and what am I supposed to do with my life?’”
Joseph Scheier-Dolberg
2 min. watch
Contributors
Joseph Scheier-Dolberg
Assistant Curator, Department of Asian Art
Assistant Curator, Department of Asian Art
Photography by Mark Morosse
Art Mentioned
Shitao (Zhu Ruoji)
ca. 1695
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