The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Frozen Landscape

Frozen Landscape

1985–90
(Chinese, b. 1933)
America
hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
Overall: 107.3 x 62.2 cm (42 1/4 x 24 1/2 in.)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Ju-hsi Chou 2003.286
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Hung Hsien is a member of the Fifth Moon Group, artists who pioneered the modern art movement in postwar Taiwan.

Description

Yangzhou-born Hung Hsien studied classical Chinese painting as a teenager in Taipei with Pu Xinyu [Pu Ru] (1896-1963), cousin of the last emperor of the Qing dynasty. When she moved to the Chicago area in 1958, she began exploring the connections between traditional Asian brushwork and Western abstract art.

In this painting, she used the traditional Chinese hanging scroll format and calligraphic brushstrokes to create an abstract landscape of rocky, icy forms.
  • ?-2003
    Dr. and Mrs. Ju-hsi Chou, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2003-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Li, Chu-tsing. Rocks, Trees, Clouds, and Water: The Art of Hung Hsien. Lawrence, KS: Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, 1978.
    Hong Hsien, interview by Taylor Ginter and Xingyi Li. May 12, 2017. Houston Asian American Archives oral history interviews, MS 573, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. hdl.handle.net
  • {{cite web|title=Frozen Landscape|url=false|author=Hung Hsien|year=1985–90|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2003.286