Fu Baoshi. Leaf 6: Ramblers by the Waterfall, 1963. fan painting mounted as an album leaf, ink and color on paper, Overall: 19 x 51 cm (7 1/2 x 20 1/16 in.). Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund, 2008.13.6. Copyrighted.

Leaf 6: Ramblers by the Waterfall

1963

Fu Baoshi

Fu Baoshi (Chinese, 1904–1965)

Chinese Art

Leaf 6: Ramblers by the Waterfall, 1963. Fu Baoshi (Chinese, 1904–1965). Fan painting mounted as an album leaf, ink and color on paper; overall: 19 x 51 cm (7 1/2 x 20 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2008.13.6 Themes like gazing at waterfalls evoke the literati ideal of man in harmony with nature.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Fu Baoshi
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: fan painting mounted as an album leaf, ink and color on paper
Medium: fan, painting, mounted, album, leaf, ink, color, paper
Dimensions: Overall: 19 x 51 cm (7 1/2 x 20 1/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: The artist’s inscription: Yesterday was Shihui's birthday. Our whole family, with all the children and Shining [Shihui's brother], had a small banquet at the Fuchang Restaurant. I am now sixty years old, seven years older than Shihui. Inscribed by Baoshi in Nanjing on the eighteenth day of the fifth lunar month in the guimao year [1963]. Remark: Fu Baoshi inscribed this painting in celebration of his wife Luo Shihui's 羅時慧 birthday.
Departments: Chinese Art
Accession Number: 2008.13.6
Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Exhibitions: The Art of Fu Baoshi (1904 - 1965)
Rights Statement: Copyrighted