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Snow Over an Expanse of Forests

Fu Baoshi Chinese
dated 1961
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
Mount Changbai (“Eternally White”) stretches hundreds of miles along the Chinese border with Korea. When Fu Baoshi ascended its summit on a sketch trip in the summer of 1961, he proclaimed it the most extraordinary and magnificent site he had ever visited. In the inscription, he states that he had depicted the mountain’s spectacular scenery several times, but none captured its majestic grandeur in full. Rendered in dramatically contrasting light and dark, this landscape of expansive wilderness flecked with snow is considered closest to embodying his artistic vision of the place.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Snow Over an Expanse of Forests
  • Artist: Fu Baoshi (Chinese, 1904–1965)
  • Date: dated 1961
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: Image: 27 9/16 x 50 9/16 in. (70 x 128.5 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Lent by a private collection, New York
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art