近代 吳作人 駱駝 軸|Camels

Wu Zuoren

late 1940s or early 1950s · Album leaf; ink on paper · Asian Art

Wu Zuoren's sympathetic portrayals of the lives of the peoples, animals, and landscapes of western China assured him political favor throughout the dangerous 1950s and 1960s. His favorite subjects—yaks, oxen, camels, and eagles—seem to embody the potent spirit of China's vast human and natural resources. Wu was a master of ink, controlling the flow of dilute washes across absorbent unsized paper and letting the wash create a line at the paper's edge. This spontaneous ink-wash style owed a debt to Qi Baishi (1864–1957), Wu's senior colleague at the Beijing Central Art Academy.

Artist

Wu Zuoren

Date

late 1940s or early 1950s

Medium

Album leaf; ink on paper

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

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