Insects and Flowers
Ju LianWW-1865-329213
1865·Album of eight leaves; ink and color on paper·Image (each): 12 3/4 × 14 1/8 in. (32.4 × 35.9 cm)
Mat (each): 18 × 19 3/8 in. (45.7 × 49.2 cm)
Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986
Catalogue
- Year
- 1865
- Dimensions
- Image (each): 12 3/4 × 14 1/8 in. (32.4 × 35.9 cm) Mat (each): 18 × 19 3/8 in. (45.7 × 49.2 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Ju Lian
Artist
Ju Lian
Ju Lian, a native of Panyu (番禺, now Guangzhou, was a Chinese painter in Qing Dynasty. His courtesy name was 'Ancient Spring', and self-given pseudonym 'Old Man of the Divided Mountain'. He was the younger brother of the painter Ju Chao. He was known for his bird-and-flower paintings as well as people and plant-and-insect paintings. He was the teacher of the brothers Gao Jianfu and Gao Qifeng.
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- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
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