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American (American (North American))
Christmas Poem
Bequest of Jean Paul Slusser
1983/2.7

Jules Cheret
Expositions de tableaux et dessins de A. Willette, plate 97 from Les Maitres de
1836 – 1932
Donated by Scott White in Loving Memory of Edgar Allen
1986/2.40

Oskar Kokoschka (Austrian)
The Action Painter
1959
Gift of Gilbert M. Frimet
1983/1.89
The branches of a plum tree stretch skyward, skillfully utilizing the vertical space of this hanging scroll. Black dots are used as accents along the branches, making them look knotted and full of texture. These heavy features are offset by the delicate depiction of plum blossoms. Calligraphic text is in the upper right corner, with two seals.
Li Jishou
Plum Blossoms, after Jin Nong
19th century
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1985/2.28
A rough, red rock seems to grow out of the hillside, almost as organically as the orchids growing next to it. Calligraphic text is in the upper left corner.
Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong
Orchids and Red Rock
1980
Gift of Dr. Cheng-Yang and Mrs. Shirley Chang
2006/1.132

Jean Daullé
Portrait of Hyacinthe Rigaud
1742
The Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
1969/2.101
The painting is nearly entirely dominated by mountains, yet nestled among them lie two small buildings. Around these structures and near the placement of the viewer are dark plum trees with spiky branches and pink and white blossoms.
Nakabayashi Chikkei
Plum Blossoms at Tsukigase
1833 – 1866
Museum purchase made possible by a gift from Helmut Stern
1987/1.362
Two seated men, depicted in three-quarter length, with flowing beards and long robes look out from this print. A painting of a seated woman holding a child on her lap sits on an easel between them. A closed book is placed before the man on the left, and a second book sits open next to the figure on the right. This man holds a mahlstick, used by painters to steady their hand as they work, in his right hand. A palette and brushes are placed on a ledge in front of him.
Ludolphe Buesinck
St. Luke and St. Mark with a Portrait of the Virgin and Child
17th century
Gift of J. Frederick Hoffman
2007/2.144
In this image of bamboo bent under heavy snow the leaves are depicted with vigorous yet controlled strokes of the brush, while the snow is indicated by surrounding areas of blank paper with dark ink, a traditional technique in monochrome ink painting.
Zhu Sheng (Chu Sheng)
Bamboo in snow
1690
Gift of Dorothy Dunlap Cahill
2002/2.351
Seen from an elevated vantage point, a quay in the foreground with boats anchored nearby and figures talking is balanced in the upper part of the image by a view of buildings along the canals, gondolas, shipping and, just left of center, a large domed church.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
Upright Venice, One of the 'Twenty-six Etchings,' or the 'Second Venice Set'
1879 – 1880
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.388
A rock rises above the earth, and branches of bamboo mimic the gentle curve of its shape. Grasses grow below. Two lines of calligraphic text are written verticalley on the left side of the painting.
Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong
Bamboo and Rock
1960 – 1975
Gift of Dr. Cheng-Yang and Mrs. Shirley Chang
2006/1.134
Hanging scroll with calligraphy and landscape imagery. Three lines of calligraphy adorn the upper left side while opposite is imagery of orchids, grass and a rock.
Ikeno Gyokuran
Orchids and Rock with Calligraphy
1750 – 1784
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.9
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