Chen Yi | orchids, bamboo, roses and rock | Chinese Art

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orchids, bamboo, roses and rock

Artist Chen Yi
nationality Chinese
Creation date 1635
Dynasty Ming dynasty
Materials ink and color on silk
Dimensions 63 5/16 x 23 1/2 in.
Credit line Given by Mrs. Erwin C. Stout in memory of Wilbur D. Peat, Director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art and Curator of Oriental Art, 1929-1965
Accession number 1988.1

Gallery Label

蘭竹月季與石

崇楨乙亥仲秋古吳女史陳懿寫

During the Chongzhen reign in the yihai year [1635] at mid-autumn, the lady of ancient Wu, Chen Yi sketched [this].

The origin of painting is attributed to Lei 嫘, the younger sister of the legendary emperor Shun 舜 (about 2200 bce).

Because painting was an elite pastime, many wives and daughters had the opportunity to paint, and many of their works were collected and recorded throughout the history of painting in China.

During the middle and second half of the 1600s, there was a high concentration of women artists in the area around Suzhou, Jiangsu province, which was the area of the ancient kingdom of Wu.

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bird, female painter, woman artist
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