Pine Longevity – (Wu Hufan) ◄ Попередній наступне ►

Artist: Wu Hufan

Дата: 1950

Розмір: 103 x 49 cm

техніка: Paper

Drawing upon the association of pine trees with long life, the painter-connoisseur Wu Hufan made this work as a gift for a friend’s eightieth birthday. The pine, though wizened and covered with knots, stands proud as it spreads its branches across the center of the composition. Lingzhi fungus, another symbol of longevity, is paired with rock, an image of constancy, to reinforce the auspicious message. Wu’s large title, written in archaic seal script, reads “Pine Longevity