Leaf 3: Clear Brook from the Mountains

This set of fan paintings expresses the artist’s personal life and differs from the state-commissioned works Fu painted to fulfill his social duty. Here, several of the paintings have dedicatory inscriptions to Fu’s wife, Luo Shihui, and his eldest daughter, Yishan. Not only do these inscriptions offer glimpses into the artist’s private life, they also reveal acutely felt emotions, especially the struggle of a loving father deeply troubled by a daughter’s illness.

An arched fan-shaped ink and color painting on paper depicts dense foliage and rocky cliffs in dark ink and muted reddish-brown tones. A pale brook flows vertically through the center of the misty landscape. In the lower left foreground, two small figures stand near a path. Black calligraphy and a red seal appear in the upper left, while another red seal is positioned near the right edge. Thick brushstrokes convey texture.

Leaf 3: Clear Brook from the Mountains

1962

Fu Baoshi

(Chinese, 1904–1965)

China

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