Cross-Island Highway Based on Sketches / Chang Ku-nien
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.111
- Title
- Cross-Island Highway Based on Sketches
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1980
- 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
- 178 cm x 95.6 cm (70 1/16 in. x 37 5/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hanging scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- Painted and inscribed on the occasion of Veterans’ Day. The artist depicts a view of the narrow, winding roadway cutting through a magnificent rocky mountain.
- In his inscription, Chang claims to use methods of Song masters that were adopted in painting the scene. A small detail on the lower right of the painting represents a couple of tiny figures standing aside the road. One figure is depicted as making life-sketches of the scene.
- Subject Matter
- Painted and inscribed on the occasion of Veterans’ Day, this scenic landscape painting serves an additional function of commemorating veterans for their courageous work participating in the construction of Central Cross-Island Highway. More than 10,000 veterans were recruited to construct the highway. The project was completed at the human cost of 212 lives and more than 780 wounded.
- The artist follows in the footsteps of Song masters’ naturalistic approach and their representations of monumental landscapes.
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2212 x 4181
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2006/1.111
- Link to this Item
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"Cross-Island Highway Based on Sketches; Chang Ku-nien." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.111/2006_1_111.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
