風竹圖 Fengzhu tu (Wind blown bamboo), Kwan S. Wong

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Kwan S. Wong, 風竹圖 Fengzhu tu (Wind blown bamboo)
Kwan S. Wong, 風竹圖 Fengzhu tu (Wind blown bamboo)
Kwan S. Wong
風竹圖 Fengzhu tu (Wind blown bamboo)
date unknown
Kwan S. Wong
born 1934
風竹圖 Fengzhu tu (Wind blown bamboo), date unknown
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: paper; ink
Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 212 x 71 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 83.46 x 27.95 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 121 x 60 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 47 5/8 x 23 5/8 in
Roller Dimensions (Width x Diameter): 79.8 cm
Roller Dimensions (Width x Diameter): 31 7/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Jean McGreevy Green
Accession number: 1999.0333
Not on display
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Label texts

Archive Label 2003:
A onetime straduate student of Dr. Chu-tsing Li, Kwan S. Wong earned a master's degree in art history at the University of Kansas. Wong now works as an expert on Chinese painting at Sotheby's auction house in Hong Kong, painting on his own time in the respected tradition of Chinese amateur artists. Bamboo is a traditional subject matter in Chinese ink painting, one that allows the artist to show his or her skill with the brush through modulating the rhythm, thickness and density of the brush strokes used to depict its leaves and branches. Best known for his calligraphy, Wong has written an inscription in semi-cursive script to the left of the painting:

The dark green rock retains the colors of antiquity, and the bamboo assumes the character of a lofty gentleman. In company they never tire of each and together endure the cold years.

Mary Dusenbury, Laura Pasch

Exhibitions

December 1, 1999 (Art at the End of the Millennium)
Mary Dusenbury, curator
Susan Earle, curator
Stephen Goddard, curator
John Pultz, curator
2000