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Chinese Landscape

Photo: Eduardo Calderon

Chinese Landscape

ca. 1925

Hirai Baisen

Japanese, 1889-1969

The white-walled, dark-roofed buildings perched on a cliff and the type of boat navigating the river identify this as a scene set in China. After Baisen traveled there in 1913, he became known for painting exotic views of the continent. Although most are brightly colored, descriptively detailed images, he also executed examples in ink. Baisen created a misty atmosphere by saturating the paper with ink of varying intensities, and left the paper uncolored to suggest river water and snowy peaks.
Ink on paper
67 1/4 x 148 1/2 in. (170.8 x 377.2cm)
Gift of Griffith and Patricia Way, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
2010.41.52.2
Photo: Eduardo Calderon
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Published ReferencesMorioka, Michiyo; Berry, Paul. "Modern Masters of Kyoto: The Transformation of Japanese Painting Traditions," Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1999, p. 272-273, illus. 76.

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