Fan Painting
ClassificationsPaintings-ink
Artist
Ms. Zhou Yujun
Date2018-2019
Made AtShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China, Asia
MediumGold leaf and ink on paper
DimensionsFan on support: 10 3/4 × 19 5/8 in. (27.3 × 49.8 cm)
Fan : 8 × 17 9/16 in. (20.3 × 44.6 cm)
Fan : 8 × 17 9/16 in. (20.3 × 44.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Artist
Object number2019.13.1
DescriptionFan calligraphy paintings are a traditional Chinese art form still practiced by experts and held in great esteem. Broadly speaking fan paintings can be divided into calligraphic and depictive works, with the former category further subdivided into five Chinese scripts. This is a calligraphy painting of a Confucius quote: “To study and not think is a waste, to think and not study is dangerous.” The artist is Zhou Yujun, a young Shanghai artist from a long line of calligraphers who has already at the age of 14 studied under many masters of Chinese calligraphy. She creates calligraphic fan paintings from her artist’s study, Huaguo Mountain House.On View
Not on viewCollections
early 21st Century
1050-221 BCE
20th Century
