源琦 梅下美人図|Chinese Beauty Beside a Plum Tree, leaf from the album “A Contest of Beauties from the Near and Distant Past” (Chūko shomeika bijin kurabe)
1895
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
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1895
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
源琦 梅下美人図|Chinese Beauty Beside a Plum Tree, leaf from the album “A Contest of Beauties from the Near and Distant Past” (Chūko shomeika bijin kurabe) is a 1895 ink by Genki, a Impressionism work, depicting Flower, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a woman in a long, flowing robe standing beside a bare tree with small white blossoms. She’s holding a branch with flowers, looking down at them. Behind her, a red gate and a small garden with green plants and rocks fill the background. The tree’s branches are drawn with careful lines, almost like stitching. The colors are soft but bright, especially her robe’s red and blue stripes. Check out cross-hatching to see how artists create shading with lines.
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