Artwork Details
Nationality
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
52-7/8 in. x 32-3/4 in. (image) 92-1/4 x 39-1/2 in. (mount)
Dynasty
Accession Number
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. John H. Roberts, Jr.
Copyright
Collection
Asian Art (Chinese and other Asian)
Color Palette
Provenance
Senator Theodore Francis Green (of Rhode Island; also a Gov.); Mrs. John H. Roberts, Jr.; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1974.
Gallery Labels
A Chinese critic writing around 1600 noted that "the subject of trees and rocks was quite separate from that of landscape. Landscape painting involved a seasonal atmosphere. In a painting of trees and rocks, however, one looks at the casual, unconstructed brushwork and sees the twisting face of human fortune, the contrasts of meeting and parting. One looks for no more." [tr. J. Hay]
An artist writing around 1350 on another's painting of "bamboo, rock and tree" also stressed the personal, expressive nature of this self-portrait-like subject. "Seeing the painting…I feel as if I am bathed in the light of the fading moon / Which shines on your spirit as always." [tr. W. Ho]
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