Ink Lotus after Bada Shanren, 1727
Gao Fenghanexpand_more
Ink on paperexpand_more
Gift of Ruth and Bruce Daytonexpand_more 2000.38.2
Not on Viewexpand_more
Born in Shandong province, Gao Fenghan passed a special government exam in 1728 and was appointed to office in Anhui province, where he met many scholars, officials, and artists, including several from Suzhou, Nanjing, and Yangzhou. The model for this painting is the great individualist painter, Zhu Da, or Bada Shanren (1626-1705), who had a tremendous impact on Yangzhou area painters and influenced Chinese artists well into the 20th century.
Wet ink has been applied in spontaneous washes that effectively capture the lushness of the lotus leaves and a wet, humid atmosphere. The formal and abstract interests of the artist, as well as his personality, are expressed in a visual performance that emphasizes the immediate emotions of the painter in spontaneously rendered images. Gao became a good friend of the eccentric Yangzhou artist Zheng Xie
Details
- Title
- Ink Lotus after Bada Shanren
- Artist Life
- 1683 - 1748
- Role
- Artist
- Dimension
- H.53-9/16 x W.19-1/8 in. (image)
- Accession Number
- 2000.38.2
- Curator Approved
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