Fisherman Returning to the Willow Bank (Liuan yugui tu 柳岸魚歸圖)
Fisherman Returning to the Willow Bank (Liuan yugui tu 柳岸魚歸圖)

© Li Huasheng

Fisherman Returning to the Willow Bank (Liuan yugui tu 柳岸魚歸圖)
Fisherman Returning to the Willow Bank (Liuan yugui tu 柳岸魚歸圖)

Currently not on view

Fisherman Returning to the Willow Bank (Liuan yugui tu 柳岸魚歸圖),

1983–86

Li Huasheng 李華生, 1944–2018; born Yibin, China; died Chengdu, China
Chinese
Modern period, 1912–present
2008-1087

Information

Title
Fisherman Returning to the Willow Bank (Liuan yugui tu 柳岸魚歸圖)
Dates

1983–86

Maker
Li Huasheng 李華生
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 133.3 x 68.3 cm. (52 1/2 x 26 7/8 in.) Mount: 230 x 81.5 cm. (90 9/16 x 32 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jerome Silbergeld and Michelle DeKlyen
Object Number
2008-1087
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
signed
Inscription
Inscribed: 青藤 雪筒 落箏 草子 莊先師獨得其神乎 尚未入室也 巴人華生寫意 Fisherman returning to the willow bank. Qingteng [Xu Wei] and Xuegu [Zhu Da] painted very freely. Only [Chen] Xizhuang captured their spirit. I still haven't accomplished this. Freely painted by Huasheng of Sichuan.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Characters and one seal in ink on label adhered to edge of rolled scroll
Culture
Chinese
Period
modern Chinese styles and periods
Type
paintings, chinese painting styles, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Subject
boats, fishermen (people), figures (representations), birds, rivers, willow trees, riverbanks

–2008 Jerome Silbergeld and Michelle DeKlyen (Princeton, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2008.

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