Scholar in a Thatched Hut / Feng Chaoran (Feng Chao-an)
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.118
- Title
- Scholar in a Thatched Hut
- Artist
- Feng Chaoran (Feng Chao-an)
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1882-1954
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1909
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Cheng-Yang and Mrs. Shirley Chang
- Dimensions
- 132 cm x 32 cm (51 15/16 in. x 12 5/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- ink painting
- Physical Description
- A scholar sits under a thatched hut in the mountains. He strokes his long beard as a kettle warms. The colophon indicated that the scholar the the famous Song dynasty recluse Lin Bu. In his thatch hut in the Solitary Mountain, he is composing a poem in light smoke from the faint fireplace.
- Subject Matter
- Scholar in a thatched hut.
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- dwellings
- houses
- houses by form
- materials
- materials by function
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by degree of qualification
- residential structures
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1049 x 4239
- File Size
- 592 KB
- Record
- 2006/1.118
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.118/2006_1_118.jpg
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"Scholar in a Thatched Hut; Feng Chaoran (Feng Chao-an)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.118/2006_1_118.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.