現代　張大千　山廚清供圖　軸|Mountain Vegetables

Zhang Daqian

dated 1965 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

This painting features an assortment of humble vegetables randomly arrayed as if freshly harvested and laid out on a kitchen table. It conveys the simple pleasures of home cooking, for which Zhang Daqian was well known. The shapes and positioning of the vegetables reveal formal concerns that belie the apparent playfulness of the composition. It grows directly out of the tradition of depicting flowers and vegetables in freely applied ink washes and color without the use of outlines. Zhang Daqian often painted different combinations of vegetables, but this painting stands out for its reliance on "splashed ink" washes that show no traces of the brush in the rendering of the vegetables' lush leaves.

Artist

Zhang Daqian

Date

dated 1965

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

The Lin Yutang Family Collection, Gift of Richard M. Lai, Jill Lai Miller, and Larry C. Lai, in memory of Taiyi Lin Lai, 2005