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Details
- Alternative title
- 双鱼图
- Place where the work was made
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China
- Cultural origin
- China
- Date
- 1984
- Media categories
- Scroll , Painting
- Materials used
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 77.5 x 44.0 cm image; 181.2 x 65.4 cm scroll
- Signature & date
Signed and dated u.l., in Chinese, inscribed in black ink , "甲子新春" [new spring of the jiazi year (1984)] ,"子范" [Zifan]. c.l., in Chinese, stamped in red seal "崔" [Cui], l.r.corner, in Chinese, stamped in red seal, "崔子范" [Cui Zifan]
- Credit
- Bequest of Edmund Capon AM OBE 2023
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 191.2023
- Copyright
- © Estate of Cui Zifan
- Artist information
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Cui Zifan 崔子范
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About
Fish are an essential component of the Lunar New Year celebrations in China, either in banquets or as gifts to friends or family. The inscription at the left of the painting indicates the artist painted these two fish in the new spring of the jiazi year (1984) to mark the arrival of the New Year.
Cui Zifan began painting in childhood and was mentored by the esteemed artist Qi Baishi (1864–1957). However, it was during his two decades working at the Beijing Fine Art Academy that Cui Zifan systematically studied traditional Chinese flower-and-bird ink painting in the daxieyi style (literally greater writing ideas or emotions) He combined the simple, vigorous lines with changes of ink tones to create vibrant pictures such as this image of two lively fish.
A&L report, June 2023
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Where the work was made
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