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A Breath of Spring 春消息圖
From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Executed entirely in varying shades of ink, an undulating branch of blossoming plum sweeps gracefully across the paper and culminates dramatically in a single long tapering stroke. The subtle chromatic range of contrasting ink tones, the rich calligraphic variation of the brushwork, and the expressive lyrical flow of the overall composition mark this unique painting as a virtuoso performance of the highest technical and artistic merit.
National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineA Breath of Spring 春消息圖. 1360. Zou Fulei 鄒復雷 (active mid-14th century). National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment. CC0.
