Plum, Narcissus, and Bamboo Artist: Pu Hua (Chinese, 1830–1911)

late 19th–early 20th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Pu Hua studied briefly in Japan but spent most of his life in Shanghai, and, like many artists working there, he was also an accomplished calligrapher. This powerful painting features a rocky outcropping and contrasts the jagged forms of the rock and a flowering plum with more carefully delineated narcissus and plum blossoms. The exaggerated shapes of the rock and tree trunk, the emphatic black brushstrokes, and the use of rich color in the painting typify the taste of artists working in Shanghai in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

without mounting: 55 1/8 × 15 in. (140 × 38.1 cm)
with rollers: 24 1/4 in. (61.6 cm)
with mounting: 20 1/4 in. (51.5 cm)

Credit Line

B. D. G. Leviton Foundation

Accession Number

1987.14.1

Geography

China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Classification

Paintings

Disclaimer

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Provenance
With Su-chen Chu (dealer), Alexandria, Va, by 1987; sold to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1987
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

Nature, hanging scrolls

Subject

bamboo (plant) branches (plant components)

Signed

signed: Pu Hua; seal: Tsuo-ying (square, relief) signature and seal appear upper left

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