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Figures, Flowers, and Insects (Renwu huahui caochong ce 人物花卉草虫冊)
Huang Shen 黃慎, 1687–ca. 1768
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
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This mixed album includes images of Daoist immortals as well as pictures of flowers and insects painted in a playful and innovative manner. In his early career, Huang Shen excelled at cursive calligraphy and later became better known as an individualist painter. He is usually counted among the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, a group of artists active in the eighteenth century who rejected orthodox painting practices and developed expressive personal styles.
Information
Title
Figures, Flowers, and Insects (Renwu huahui caochong ce 人物花卉草虫冊)
Maker
Medium
Album of 8 leaves; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Calligraphy: 20.4 x 13.5 cm. (8 1/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Album: 27.7 x 38.3 x 2.6 cm. (10 7/8 x 15 1/16 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
y1976-43 a-h
Place Made
Asia, China
Culture
Period
Subject
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1976," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 36, no. 1 (1977): p. 28-40., p. 37
- Wen C. Fong, Images of the mind: selections from the Edward L. Elliott family and John B. Elliott collections of Chinese calligraphy and painting at the Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1984)., cat. no. 6
