Fu Baoshi. Listening to the Waterfall, 1962. fan painting mounted as an album leaf, ink and color on paper, Overall: 20 x 54 cm (7 7/8 x 21 1/4 in.). Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund, 2008.13.4. Copyrighted.

Listening to the Waterfall

1962

Fu Baoshi

Fu Baoshi (Chinese, 1904–1965)

Chinese Art

Listening to the Waterfall, 1962. Fu Baoshi (Chinese, 1904–1965). Fan painting mounted as an album leaf, ink and color on paper; overall: 20 x 54 cm (7 7/8 x 21 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2008.13.4 Fu Baoshi researched the life and art of early Qing painter and calligrapher Shitao (1642–1707).

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Fu Baoshi
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: fan painting mounted as an album leaf, ink and color on paper
Medium: fan, painting, mounted, album, leaf, ink, color, paper
Dimensions: Overall: 20 x 54 cm (7 7/8 x 21 1/4 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: The artist’s poetic inscription: Heavenly carved perilous peak stands ten thousand ren in green./ The flying rainbow of a thousand feet runs into the thunderbolt./ Where is the guest enjoying the glowing clouds?/ Leaning on the rails and listening to the cleansing sound./ In the mid-summer of the renyin year [1962], in Nanjing, Baoshi painted in accordance with the poetic thoughts of Shitao.
Departments: Chinese Art
Accession Number: 2008.13.4
Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Exhibitions: The Art of Fu Baoshi (1904 - 1965), Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c)
Rights Statement: Copyrighted