Camelias
Artist
Fang Zhaoling
(Chinese, 1914 - 2006)
Date1975
MaterialsInk and colors on mulberry paper
DimensionsH. 35 in x W. 19 in, H. 88.9 cm x W. 48.3 cm (iamge); H. 80 1/2 in x W. 27 in, H. 204.5 cm x W. 68.6 cm (overall)
Credit LineGift of the artist's children
Object number2005.16
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsPainting
On View
Not on viewInscribedInscribed: I painted this thinking of Master Zhang's (Zhang Daqian) California camellias. Time passes swiftly. The last time I saw Master Zhang was three years ago. 1975 Fang Zhaoling of Liangqi at the capital of England.
More InformationInscribed:
I painted this thinking of Master Zhang's California camellias. Time passes swiftly. The last time I saw Master Zhang was three years ago. 1975, Fang Zhaoling of Liangqi in the capital of England.
I painted this thinking of Master Zhang's California camellias. Time passes swiftly. The last time I saw Master Zhang was three years ago. 1975, Fang Zhaoling of Liangqi in the capital of England.
During the early 1970s Fang Zhaoling spent time in Carmel, California, studying with the Chinese painter Zhang Daqian (1899–1983). By 1975 Fang had returned to London, where, remembering the plants Zhang had at his California home, also painted this image in a style influenced by that of her teacher
