Deer Under the Cypress
1935
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1935
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Deer Under the Cypress is a 1935 paint by Chiang Yee, a Chinese Orthodox School work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This ink scroll shows a single deer standing under a tall cypress tree. The brushstrokes are soft and light, with almost no color—just black on white paper. The deer looks calm, surrounded by tall, skinny leaves. Chiang Yee painted this while living in London, but it feels very Chinese in style. The artist often used simple scenes to show quiet moments in nature. Try looking up more work by Chiang Yee.
A scroll painting by Chiang Yee from 1935, it shows two deer positioned beneath a cypress tree within a landscape setting. The work depicts Richmond Park in London and is one of the few scroll paintings the artist created. It is one of two works by Chiang Yee in the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection that clearly represent a London scene. The painting was acquired by the museum in 2017 from a private collection assembled in the 1960s or 1970s.
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Chiang Yee (simplified Chinese: 蒋彝; traditional Chinese: 蔣彝; pinyin: Jiǎng Yí; Wade–Giles: Chiang I; 19 May 1903 – 26 October 1977), self-styled as "The Silent Traveller" (哑行者), was a Chinese poet, author, painter and calligrapher.
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