Strawberry Spinach and Nightingale
1850
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1850
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Strawberry Spinach and Nightingale is a 1850 by Tsubaki Chinzan, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a small bird perched on a branch. The bird has soft gray and white feathers with a darker beak, and it’s facing left. Below it, bright pink leaves with tiny red specks grow from the branch, while pale green buds and thin twigs fill the background. The artist used loose brushstrokes for the leaves and bird, leaving some edges fuzzy. The writing on the right side looks like calligraphy, but it’s not clear what it says. Next, check out The Cleveland Museum of Art to see more works like this.
