清/現代　高野侯　彩墨梅花圖　摺扇|Plum

Gao Yehou

dated 1945 · Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper · Asian Art

Gao was a devotee of plum painting as both collector and painter. He called his painting studio "King of Plums Pavilion" and was known among his contemporaries for the motto that appears in the seal impressed on this painting: "In painting plums I give way to no man."

Artist

Gao Yehou

Date

dated 1945

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