Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
18-3/4 x 33 in. (image) 70 x 22-1/4 in. (mount) 70 x 25-1/4 in. (installed)
Dynasty
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Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Aker
Copyright
Collection
Asian Art (Chinese and other Asian)
Color Palette
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Aker; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1986
Gallery Labels
江南三月
The artist’s inscription tells us that one day in the summer of 1983 he painted a scene of a March day around the foothills of Dongting Island, at the southern end of Lake Tai in Jiangsu Province:
江南三月癸亥夏日寫於蘇州洞庭東山之麓
Groves of flowering trees nestled within low hillocks lead the eye to a bucolic scene of houses on the shore and boats in the distance. Sōng specialized in landscape painting, but he studied advertising art in Shanghai when he was young. He attended Suzhou Art Training Institute and taught at the secondary school and university levels. He was director of the China Artists Association, and he is represented in several national collections.
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