清/現代　陳衡恪　梨花圖　冊頁|Pear Blossoms

Chen Hengke

early 20th century · Album leaf; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

The strong interplay of color and ink, decorative appeal and calligraphy updates the tradition of flower painting that had evolved in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Chen's freer brushwork and bright color mark a direction that Chinese painting would take in the succeeding decades, and his influential position as a teacher and mentor served to carve out that path.

Artist

Chen Hengke

Date

early 20th century

Medium

Album leaf; 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