hanging scroll;
painting
- Museum number
- 1967,0213,0.4
- Title
- Object: Scholars Suffering from Hardship; 困頓中的文人; Kundun zhong de wenren
- Description
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Hanging scroll. Painted in ink and colour on paper. Two scholars in poverty
- Production date
- 1944
- Dimensions
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Height: 109 centimetres (image)
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Height: 207.50 centimetres (scroll including roller and hanging cord)
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Width: 31.50 centimetres (image)
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Width: 56 centimetres (scroll including roller)
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- Curator's comments
- At the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-45), Fu Baoshi moved his family to the war time capital of Chongqing in Sichuan province where "Scholars Suffering from Hardship" was painted. It refers to the classical theme of the frugal life of the Chinese scholar and reflects at the same time the poverty and daily struggles of life during the war. Fu used silk-thin brushstrokes to sketch the figures, evoking the ‘gossamer brush lines’ (gaogu yousi miao) associated with Gu Kaizhi’s figure paintings (fig.1). Light washes modulate the faces that express a brooding melancholy. This work is a fine example of Fu Baoshi’s figure paintings.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2012 May-Sept, London, BM, G91, 'Modern Chinese Ink Painting'
2022 3 Oct-13 Nov, London, BM, G91a
2024 8 July - 18 August, London, BM, G91a
- Acquisition date
- 1967
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1967,0213,0.4
- Additional IDs
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Asia painting number: Ch.Ptg.Add.359 (Chinese Painting Additional Number)
