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Camels

Wu Zuoren Chinese
late 1940s or early 1950s
Not on view
Wu Zuoren's sympathetic portrayals of the lives of the peoples, animals, and landscapes of western China assured him political favor throughout the dangerous 1950s and 1960s. His favorite subjects—yaks, oxen, camels, and eagles—seem to embody the potent spirit of China's vast human and natural resources.

Wu was a master of ink, controlling the flow of dilute washes across absorbent unsized paper and letting the wash create a line at the paper's edge. This spontaneous ink-wash style owed a debt to Qi Baishi (1864–1957), Wu's senior colleague at the Beijing Central Art Academy.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 近代 吳作人 駱駝 軸
  • Title: Camels
  • Artist: Wu Zuoren (Chinese, 1908–1997)
  • Date: late 1940s or early 1950s
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Album leaf; ink on paper
  • Dimensions: 12 x 13 1/2 in. (30.5 x 34.3 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986
  • Object Number: 1986.267.393
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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