Sightseeing at Lake Tai

Date1962

Maker Shen Yinmo Chinese, 1883-1971

Maker Shen Zude Chinese, 1891-1986

Label TextThis work, painted for Shen Yinmo's eightieth birthday, depicts the time-honored scenery of Lake Tai in southeastern China in traditional brushwork, interjected with hints of modern China through the deliberate inclusion of electric poles and wires. This type of so-called "New Landscape Painting" anticipated the propaganda paintings and posters during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76). As such, this painting represents an important chapter of the development of Chinese painting in the 20th century.

Object number2009.49

ProvenanceShen Yinmo, Shanghai, to approximately 1965; as gift to his godson, Shanghai then Seattle, WA, approximately 1965 - 2009

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

Credit LineAnonymous donor in honor of Pao-San Chu and Tsu-Hui Hsu

DimensionsOverall: 17 15/16 x 177 11/16 in. (45.5 x 451.4 cm) Image: 13 3/8 x 54 5/16 in. (33.9 x 137.9 cm)

MediumHandscroll; ink and color on paper