Period:Unknown Production date:1944
Materials:paper
Technique:painted
Dimensions:Height: 109 centimetres (image) Height: 207.50 centimetres (scroll including roller and hanging cord) Width: 31.50 centimetres (image) Width: 56 centimetres (scroll including roller)
Description:
Hanging scroll. Painted in ink and colour on paper. Two scholars in poverty
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![图片[1]-hanging scroll; painting BM-1967-0213-0.4-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Paintings/mid_01121751_001.jpg)
Comments:At the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-45), Fu Baoshi moved his family to the war time capital of Chongqing in Sichuan province where “Scholars Suffering from Hardship” was painted. It refers to the classical theme of the frugal life of the Chinese scholar and reflects at the same time the poverty and daily struggles of life during the war. Fu used silk-thin brushstrokes to sketch the figures, evoking the ‘gossamer brush lines’ (gaogu yousi miao) associated with Gu Kaizhi’s figure paintings (fig.1). Light washes modulate the faces that express a brooding melancholy. This work is a fine example of Fu Baoshi’s figure paintings.
Materials:paper
Technique:painted
Dimensions:Height: 109 centimetres (image) Height: 207.50 centimetres (scroll including roller and hanging cord) Width: 31.50 centimetres (image) Width: 56 centimetres (scroll including roller)
Description:
Hanging scroll. Painted in ink and colour on paper. Two scholars in poverty
IMG
Comments:At the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-45), Fu Baoshi moved his family to the war time capital of Chongqing in Sichuan province where “Scholars Suffering from Hardship” was painted. It refers to the classical theme of the frugal life of the Chinese scholar and reflects at the same time the poverty and daily struggles of life during the war. Fu used silk-thin brushstrokes to sketch the figures, evoking the ‘gossamer brush lines’ (gaogu yousi miao) associated with Gu Kaizhi’s figure paintings (fig.1). Light washes modulate the faces that express a brooding melancholy. This work is a fine example of Fu Baoshi’s figure paintings.
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