Peaches and Calligraphy
Artist
Fang Zhaoling
(Chinese, 1914 - 2006)
Date1996
MaterialsInk and colors on paper
DimensionsH. 38 in x W. 22 3/4 in, H. 96.5 cm x W. 57.8 cm (image); H. 84 3/4 in x W. 30 1/2 in, H. 215.3 cm x W. 77.5 cm (overall)
Credit LineGift of the artist's children
Object number2005.20
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsPainting
On View
Not on viewSignedArtist signature and date: 一九九六年丙子年十二月廿二日方召麟舊曆生日，寫此勉勵自己繼續努力創作。七時一刻召麟又誌數語於南山畫室。
Seal: Nanshan shou 南山壽(朱文方印)；Bashi yihouzuo 八十以後作(白文方印)；Zhaoling dali 召麟大利(白文方印)；Tianxing jian 天行健(朱文長方印)。
InscribedOn my 82nd birthday, [I] Fang Zhaoling painted two peaches to celebrate my birthday. This is the third painting done in recent days. I painted it from life at 7:00am. I fell fresh and full of energy and can continue to paint without feeling tired.
May [I or you] live to be as old as the southern mountain.
On Fang Zhaoling's birthday according to the Chinese calendar. [I] painted this to encourage me to continue to work hard at painting. 7:15a.m., Zhaoling inscribed a few words at Nanshan studio, twelfth month, 22nd day, Bingzi year, 1996.
方召麟八十二歲生日作雙桃以自壽。此為近日所繪之第三幅，清晨七時寫成，神清氣暢，精力足可再畫而毫無倦意也。
More InformationInscription:
On my eighty-second birthday, [I] Fang Zhaoling painted two peaches to celebrate my birthday. This is the third painting done in recent days. I painted it from life at 7:00 A.M. I feel fresh and full of energy and can continue to paint without feeling tired. May [I or you] live to be as old as the Southern Mountain.
On my eighty-second birthday, [I] Fang Zhaoling painted two peaches to celebrate my birthday. This is the third painting done in recent days. I painted it from life at 7:00 A.M. I feel fresh and full of energy and can continue to paint without feeling tired. May [I or you] live to be as old as the Southern Mountain.
On Fang Zhaoling's birthday according to the Chinese calendar. [I] painted this to encourage me to continue to work hard at painting. 7:15 A.M., Zhaoling inscribed a few words at Nanshan studio, twelfth month, twenty-second day, the cyclical year bingzi, 1996. As the inscriptions on this painting read, Fang Zhaoling created this work on her eighty-second birthday, which was on December 22, 1996. Peaches are a symbol of longevity in traditional Chinese culture, and therefore are an appropriate birthday gift. Fang's simple depiction of two red peaches on a plate is in a style influenced by that of Qi Baishi (1864–1957).
