清/現代　高劍父　楊柳曉風圖　摺扇|Willow in the Morning Breeze

Gao Jianfu

dated 1949 · Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper · Asian Art

Gao Jianfu came of age with the fall of the dynasty, and like many of his contemporaries he eagerly sought solutions to China's backwardness in the culture of the West. He was fascinated with light and atmosphere as conveyed in Western painting. In this lovely fan, done after a lifetime of experimentation with Western perspective, modeling, color and chiaroscuro, Gao has created a particularly Chinese rendition of light. The gray morning sky barely reveals a crescent moon.

Artist

Gao Jianfu

Date

dated 1949

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