Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: Su Wu and Li Ling, with Attendants (Farewell of Su Wu and Li Ling)
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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Creator Name:
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Ch'en Hung-shou (Chen Hungshou)
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Title:
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Su Wu and Li Ling, with Attendants (Farewell of Su Wu and Li Ling)
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Collection Title Date:
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12th century - 20th century
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Title Date:
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17 century A.D.
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Place of Origin/Discovery:
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China
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Materials:
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hanging scroll: ink and color on silk
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Dimensions:
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h 50 x w 19 inches
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Current Location:
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Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
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Address:
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Berkeley, CA 94720
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Object ID:
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CM.108
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Provenance:
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On extended loan from the Ching Yüan Chai Collection
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Object Type:
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Painting
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Heading:
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Description
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Notes:
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"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."
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Notes:
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After 1645 monastic name h: Lao-ch'ih, Hui-ch'ih
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Notes:
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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.
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Notes:
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h: Lao-lien, Fu-ch'ih
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Notes:
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t: Chang-hou
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/ft9z09p075
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