清/現代　王震　漁翁圖　軸|Returning Fisherman

Wang Zhen

dated 1917 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

The strong, even brushline Wang Zhen learned from Wu Changshi (1844–1927) is evident in this exuberant painting. Wang's poem elaborates on the picture: The fisherman exchanges his fish for some wine. He lives east of willow-covered shores south of the [Yangzi] River. Returning contentedly before dusk in the setting sun, Laughing and calling to his children, as he gets tipsy in the spring breeze. (Wen Fong, trans., Between Two Cultures: Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Chinese Paintings from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art [New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001], pp. 72-76)

Artist

Wang Zhen

Date

dated 1917

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