Album of Calligraphy and Paintings
Bian Shoumin
1700–1752
- Medium
- Album of twelve leaves, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 18.6 x 27.6 cm (7 5/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
- Genre
- Paintings
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
About
The artist Bian Shoumin is known for his depiction of wild geese, water, and reeds. The migrant birds in autumn and winter evoked, in the minds of the Chinese intelligentsia, a time of parting and sorrow.
