清/現代　金城　白牡丹圖　摺扇|Peony

Jin Cheng

early 20th century · Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper · Asian Art

Jin Cheng like others of his generation, took the opportunity to study abroad. In search of practical governmental instruments for the new Chinese Republic, he studied law in England and traveled throughout Europe surveying legal and political institutions. He also studied Western art. His vision of the future upheld traditional values in the arts, and he was an important leader in painting circles in Peking, and as founder of the National Painting Research Association, in the development of art education. Jin Cheng's fan is surprising in its balance of an unusually dense mass of foliage against a single branch that serves as a canopy to the brief inscription: This is the sixth one I have done to dissipate the heat.

Artist

Jin Cheng

Date

early 20th century

Medium

Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

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