Eagle on a Tree Trunk
1755
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- 124 × 45 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-111077
Huang Shen’s swift painting style is paralleled in his calligraphy. The vertical line in running script echoes the fluid form of the eagle on a tree trunk covered with a twisted vine. A native of Fujian province, Huang came to Yangzhou in 1724 to make his living as a painter. He needed years to develop a style that met the taste of his clients. He eventually became known as a figure painter and as one of the Eccentrics from Yangzhou, a group of local artists known for their unorthodox painting style.
Provenance
and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1977.31
Registry history
- 1755 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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