近代 林風眠 裸女 軸|Seated Woman

Lin Fengmian

early 1960s · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

Lin Fengmian's debt to Matisse is clear in this work. His reasons for finding Matisse so compelling lay in his training in the principles of Chinese art: economy of line, decorative value of pattern, and use of empty space as form. Lin produced this work after 1977, when he was living in Hong Kong.

Artist

Lin Fengmian

Date

early 1960s

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986