Artist

Wu Bing

Bamboo and Insects
名繪集珍 冊  宋吳炳嘉禾草蟲
Seeds Visible in an Open Pomegranate

Wu Bing is a Song dynasty painting artist. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at National Palace Museum.

Wu Bing painted delicate silk scrolls in the late 1100s. Try Seeds Visible in an Open Pomegranate, where every ruby seed is carefully inked, or Bamboo and Insects, which pairs slender bamboo stalks with tiny creatures for natural contrast. A quiet but precise hand shows every stalk and antenna. After this, tap the pomegranate to see how the artist layered ink for depth.

Works by Wu Bing

Collections represented

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