Figures, flowers, and landscapes
1627
22.0 x 22.0 cm
chen hongshou(1598 – 1652)
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This album has four paintings by the late Ming master Chen Hongshou and seven by his son Chen Zi. The first is one of the most iconic images in Chen Hongshou’s oeuvre—a mournful self-portrait depicting the artist drowning his sorrows in wine. It is followed by paintings of landscapes, birds, flowers, and figures. The combining of diverse subjects in a single album was known as “zahua,” and it was an opportunity for a painter to demonstrate versatility. A zahua album is meant to delight the viewer with variety, as a new subject appears with each turn of the page.The paintings may have been brought together into an album by a collector at a later date, or even perhaps by Chen Zi himself. Comparison of the two men’s work reveals that while Chen Zi worked in his father’s style, he could not match his father’s fluidity or quirky charm.
作品詳細
- 作品名: Figures, flowers, and landscapes
- 作家: chen hongshou
- 制作年: 1627
- 作品サイズ: 22.0 x 22.0 cm
- 技法: Portrait
- 著作権の状態: パブリックドメイン
- 主要な色: Rosy Brown
- 色相: Ochre to Sepia