After Wang Meng’s “The Sounds of a Waterfall amid Autumn Valleys”
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.This dense, monumental landscape shows Fu experimenting with the composition and brush style of the Yuan dynasty artist Wang Meng (1301–1385). The orthodox tradition was criticized as backward, conservative, and stagnant during the twentieth century, but Fu’s conscientious study of ancient masters’ brushwork enabled him to acquire the technical skills necessary to permit his later improvisatory style.
Artwork Details
- Title: After Wang Meng’s “The Sounds of a Waterfall amid Autumn Valleys”
- Artist: Fu Baoshi (Chinese, 1904–1965)
- Date: dated 1933
- Culture: China
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 72 1/2 x 25 in. (184.2 x 63.5 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Lent by Musashino Bijutsu Daigaku Art Library
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art