Plum Blossoms in Snow / Chang Ku-nien, Chen Shu-chen
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.129
- Title
- Plum Blossoms in Snow
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien, Chen Shu-chen
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1906-1987
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
- Object Creation Date
- last quarter of 20th century
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Michigan (state)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Michigan (state)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Cheng-Yang and Mrs. Shirley Chang
- Dimensions
- 175 cm x 94 cm (68 7/8 in. x 37 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hanging scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- In this snowy scene a plum tree and rock seem are seen atop a hill. The elegant, contorted trunk and branches of the tree create a visual arch over the image, framing the rock, snow, and block of calligraphic text below.
- Subject Matter
- Creating cooperative works with peer artists has been a fashion closely connected to the literati’s painting concept and practice. As modes of personal expressions, according to literati theory, paintings are created for private occasions and are shared and appreciated among circles of friends. The cooperative work celebrates respectful mutual relationships and reinforce affections among the painters participated.
- In Plum Blossoms in Snow, reported in the inscription by Chang’s wife, she painted blossoming plum and snowy bamboos and her husband finished the rest--the tree trunks and rocks. Blossoming plum in snow symbolizes extreme purity and durability, since tender plum buds always courageously bloom while snow of early spring is still on the ground.
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- deciduous trees
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- precipitation
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2266 x 4190
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2006/1.129
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.129/2006_1_129.jpg
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"Plum Blossoms in Snow; Chang Ku-nien, Chen Shu-chen." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.129/2006_1_129.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
