Bee Flying Over Willlows

Zhao Shao’ang, artist

1905–1998

Bee Flying Over Willlows, circa 1944, Republic of China (1911–1949)

Where object was made: China

Material/technique: paper; ink; color

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 24.7 x 29.9 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 9 3/4 x 11 3/4 in

Credit line: Gift of Dr. William P. Fenn

Accession number: 1978.0118.b

Not on display

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Exhibition Label:
“The Boundaries of Heaven: Chinese Ink Painting in the Republican Period, 1911-1949,” Feb-2009, Kris Ercums
A student of Gao Qifeng 高奇峰 (1889-1933), Zhao was one of the better known Lingnan or Southern School painters of the late twentieth century. He developed a distinctive, angular painting style that is echoed in his sharp, linear calligraphy. Painted in Chengdu—the wartime capital of China during WWII—this work is part of an album made for Dr. William P. Fenn, director of the United Board of Christian Colleges.