ashmoleanmuseum: Collecting the PastScholars’ Taste in Chinese ArtFree exhibition open until 2
ashmoleanmuseum: Collecting the PastScholars’ Taste in Chinese ArtFree exhibition open until 22 Oct 2017This is an ink painting by Chinese artist Fu Baoshi (1904–1965) showing a scholar artist in his studio. Fu Baoshi was a scholar painter and art historian. He studied Western and Japanese art in Tokyo where he developed his own style based on a fusion of Western realism and traditional brushwork. His work expressed a personal taste for subjects drawn from Chinese poets of the past.You can see it on display in our new free Chinese Paintings Gallery exhibition ‘Collecting the Past’ which explores the tradition of aesthetic taste, collecting the past, and the values of the Chinese literati who governed China for more than ten centuries. The paintings by scholar artists represent lyrical themes: wandering in nature, strolling in mountains, visiting friends and writing poems. Image © Fu Baoshi estate -- source link
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