Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Ch'en Hung-shou (Chen Hungshou)
Title:
Su Wu and Li Ling, with Attendants (Farewell of Su Wu and Li Ling)
Collection Title Date:
12th century - 20th century
Title Date:
17 century A.D.
Place of Origin/Discovery:
China
Materials:
hanging scroll: ink and color on silk
Dimensions:
h 50 x w 19 inches
Current Location:
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Address:
Berkeley, CA 94720
Object ID:
CM.108
Provenance:
On extended loan from the Ching Yüan Chai Collection
Object Type:
Painting
Heading:
Description
Notes:
"This painting is from Ch'en's middle period, the 1630s, when his paintings often seem heavy-handed and unsubtle [he was keeping up a copious commercial output to support himself, with studio assistants]. But this one, the more you look at it, turns out to be full of subtleties and intricacies, and is really quite moving in the end."
Notes:
After 1645 monastic name h: Lao-ch'ih, Hui-ch'ih
Notes:
Ch'en Hung-shou was born in Chu-chi, Chechiang to a wealthy family and showed early promise as an artist. He is best known as a figure painter and was often compared to Ts'ui Tzu-chung, hence the phrase "Nan Ch'en pei Ts'ui," (Ch'en in the South, Ts'ui in the North). His paintings of historical characters always carry a feeling of the antique and often harbor a sense of estrangement.
Notes:
h: Lao-lien, Fu-ch'ih
Notes:
t: Chang-hou
Collection Description:
METS ID:
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Su Wu and Li Ling, with Attendants (Farewell of Su Wu and Li Ling)