Wang Ku-hsiang / White and Red Prunus / 1546

Wang Ku-hsiang
White and Red Prunus
1546
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Creator Name: Ku-hsiang, Wang
Creator Nationality: Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1501 - 1568
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Wang Ku-hsiang
Title: White and Red Prunus
View: front
Creation Start Date: 1546
Creation End Date: 1546
Creation Date: 1546
Object Type: Paintings
Materials and Techniques: ink and colors on paper, handscroll
Dimensions: H.11-3/4 x W.127-1/4 in. (image)
Inscriptions: INSCRIPTIONS; STAMPS
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 97.133.2
Credit Line: Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html
Context:

Wang Ku-hsiang was born into an eminent family of doctors. Excelling in ancient prose, poetry and calligraphy, he was tutored by the great literatus, Wen Cheng-ming and in 1529 passed the chin-shih examination and entered government service. When his official career ended prematurely in 1534, Wang returned to Suchou and began an artistic career with other Wu school literati centered around Wen Cheng-ming.

The composition is divided into three main sections by the rhythmic projections of heavily textured plum branches into the picture plane. An important visual part of the composition are the eight sections of calligraphy written amongst the painted images. Wang Ku-hsiang painted the blossoming plum for his poet-calligrapher friend P'eng Nien. On the space left for the purpose, P'eng wrote one hundred stanzas of poems on the subject of the blossoming plums.

AMICA ID: MIA_.97.133.2
Component Measured: image
Measurement Unit: in
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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