Fishing Village Beneath Wu Guanzhong’s Brush
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2004.19.10 - Fishing Village
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Object Typepainting
ArtistWu Guanzhong
Date Made1988
Item Details
Object Typepainting
ArtistWu Guanzhong
Date Made1988
Accession Number
2004.19.10
Title
Fishing Village
Category
paintings
Object Type
painting
Artist
Wu Guanzhong
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Date Made
1988
Place Made
China
Culture
Chinese
Period
Modern 20th century
Materials
ink and colour on paper
Measurements
sheet: 83.5 cm x 106.1 cm; image: 68.1 cm x 86.9 cm
Description
Using a combination of rough, thick brush sketches and coloured ink, the painting Fishing Village by Wu Guanzhong (1919-2010) depicts the seaside view of Shitang - located in the eastern part of Zhejiang province. The…
Using a combination of rough, thick brush sketches and coloured ink, the painting Fishing Village by Wu Guanzhong (1919-2010) depicts the seaside view of Shitang - located in the eastern part of Zhejiang province. The foreground is dominated by geometrically-shaped residential houses, which accurately capture the characteristics of white-walled and black-tiled Jiangnan style residential buildings. The background, mainly delineated by curvilinear lines, presents the ebb and flow of the sea. In the upper right corner of the painting, Wu Guanzhong wrote, “Ten days in the fishing village reminiscing about Shitang, busy with work all day and night, the islanders have no time to enjoy the sea waves.” This suggests the overall nostalgic tone of the painting – the artist’s longing for Shitang.
Inscriptions and Colophons
Signed by Wu Guanzhong.
Credit Line
Gift of Sandy and Cécile Mactaggart
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"2004.19.10 - Fishing Village, Mactaggart Art Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/21-19075. Accessed 08 Feb. 2025.
