Tall Mountains, Long Rivers
Artist
Fang Zhaoling
(Chinese, 1914 - 2006)
Date1996
MaterialsInk and colors on paper
DimensionsH. 50 1/2 in x W. 18 3/4 in, H. 128.3 cm x W. 47.6 cm (image); H. 81 in x W. 28 in, H. 205.7 cm x W. 71.1 cm (overall)
Credit LineGift of the artist's children
Object number2005.24
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsPainting
On View
Not on viewSignedtwo seals: Painted by Shaoling at 82 召麐八十二歲作;
Books and paintings of/by Shaoling 召麐書畫
InscribedInscribed: May 18, 1996 Fang Zhaoling of Liangqi. 82 years and 4 months old.
More InformationInscribed:
May 18, 1996, Fang Zhaoling of Liangqi, 82 years and 4 months old.
May 18, 1996, Fang Zhaoling of Liangqi, 82 years and 4 months old.
At age eighty-two, when Fang Zhaoling completed this work, she was still a remarkably robust painter, able to tackle large and complex works in both painting and calligraphy. By that time she was well aware of her age, and she mentioned it frequently in her inscriptions, sometimes down to the month and day. The inscription on this painting is found at the bottom, below a whimsical group of figures on the riverbank.
