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The Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion (front); Geese among Reeds (back), by Noguchi Shohin, ink, 1900

The Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion (front); Geese among Reeds (back)

Noguchi Shohin

1900

ink

panel

From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago

Dominant colour

Overview

The Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion (front); Geese among Reeds (back) is a 1900 ink by Noguchi Shohin, a Impressionism work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.

Who painted this?
Noguchi Shohin
When & what style?
1900 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?
Art Institute of Chicago

About this work

This painting shows a group of people gathered at the Orchid Pavilion. The scene is from the Spring Purification Festival in 353 AD. It's interesting that the artist painted a traditional Chinese scene, but with Japanese-style screens and materials. The artist's use of gold and silver ink adds a lot of depth to the painting. The contrast between the front and back of the screens is also notable, with the front showing a formal spring scene and the back showing a more casual autumn scene. You can learn more about the artist's style by looking up Noguchi Shohin.

The story of this work

Overview

BIG この屏風は、353年、中国でおこなわれた春禊祭の行事を表わしている。この日王義之は、学者仲間とともに浙江省の蘭亭に集い、曲水の宴をもち、詩作、管弦と飲酒の一日を過ごした。 野口小蘋は、同時代の第一級の女性画家である。大坂(大阪)に生まれ、4歳にして絵を学び始め、京都画壇の日根対山に指導を受けた。小蘋は、1893年のシカゴ万国博覧会で、風景画を出品し賞を受け、また帝室技芸員にも任命された。この屏風は、彼女の娘により、1929年に開催された回顧展で展示されたものである。 両方の屏風の背面に、銀箔地に秋をテーマにした雁と葦が、より自由な画法で描かれている。このため屏風の表と裏面では、金地と銀地、春と秋、格式と略式の対比がなされている。 /BIG The screen here shows the events of the Spring Purification Festival in A.D. 353. On that day, Wang Xizhi and a group of scholarly friends gathered at the Orchid Pavilion in Zhejiang province, China, for a day of poetry, music, and wine-drinking. As the men found…

Read the full account in the museum source.

About the artist

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