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Title
Fan
painting
-
Man
reading
resting
on a
rock
Description
A
single
figure
,
seated
but
leaning
to the
left
and with
elbows
resting
on a
large
rock
,
reads
a
book
. The
large
rock
takes
up
the
entire
center
space
.
Ni
Tian
is
a
well-known
artist
and his
work
is
seen
frequently
in
collections
and at
auctions
. He was
one
of the "
Nine
Friends
" of
Suzhou
, and would have
known
and
interacted
with
all
of the
famous
painters
in the
south
in his
day
. He
began
his
studies
with
Wang
Su
(1794-1797)
,
although
there are
hints
at
friction
between
the
two
.
Some
aspects
of
Ni
Tian's
character
helped
label
him as "
greasy
and
flippant
" and his
long-standing
relationship
with the
madam
of a
brothel
may
have
helped
this
censure
.
Although
listed
among
the
Suzhou
artists
, he
spent
most
of his
later
years
, from
about
1890
on, in
Shanghai
,
where
he
studied
the
style
of
Ren
Yi
,
student
of
Ren
Xun
. The
inscripton
contains
the
dedication
,
date
and
signature
. A
single
figure
,
seated
but
leaning
to the
left
and with
elbows
resting
on a
large
rock
,
reads
a
book
. The
large
rock
takes
up
the
entire
center
of the
composition
, and the
inscription
at
far
left
is
balanced
by the
spreading
branches
of a
tree
, of
which
only
the
lower
branches
are
visible
, at
right
. The
lower
trunk
of a
second
tree
is
visible
at the
right
edge
of the
fan
. The
energetic
brush
and
careful
control
of
ink
value
are
typical
of
Ni
Tian
,
who
was a
very
skilled
artist
technically
. He
lived
into the
twentieth
century
, and
continued
the
traditions
of the
Shanghai
school
,
especially
the
style
of
Ren
Yi
,
although
without
much
significant
contribution
of his
own
.
Country
China
Historical Period
China - Qing Dynasty 1644 - 1911
Date of Content
1890
Artist/Creator
Ni
Tian
(1853-1919)
Photographer/Recorder
Eek
IDEAS Topic
Arts
Arts-Calligraphy
Arts-Painting
Language
Chinese
Work of Art, Original Location
Collection
of
Groke
Mickey
Work of Art, Present Location
Watson
Pavilion
,
Washington
and
Lee
University
Type
Still
image
Format
Image/jpg
Date Photographed/Recorded
11/03/2006
Permissions
Materials
may
be
used
for
educational
,
non-commercial
purposes
only
.
Acknowledgement
to be
given
to the
ASIANetwork-Luce
Asian
Art
in the
Undergraduate
Curriculum
Project
and to the
college
from
whose
collection
the
work
comes
. The
individual
college
retains
copyright
to the
work
.
IDEAS Collection
ASIANetwork-Luce
Asian
Art
in the
Undergraduate
Curriculum
Project
Institution Name
Washington
and
Lee
University
IDEAS Identifier
soclaa000853
Collection Editor
Kucera
,
Karil
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