Bangqiao Zheng Xie / Bamboo and Rocks / about 1760

Bangqiao Zheng Xie
Bamboo and Rocks
about 1760
View Larger Image

View Full Catalog Record Below

This image is one of over 108,000 from the AMICA Library (formerly The Art Museum Image Consortium Library- The AMICO Library™), a growing online collection of high-quality, digital art images from over 20 museums around the world. www.davidrumsey.com/amica offers subscriptions to this collection, the finest art image database available on the internet. EVERY image has full curatorial text and can be studied in depth by zooming into the smallest details from within the Image Workspace.

Preview the AMICA Library™ Public Collection in Luna Browser Now

Cultures and time periods represented range from contemporary art, to ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian works.
Types of works include paintings, drawings, watercolors, sculptures, costumes, jewelry, furniture, prints, photographs, textiles, decorative art, books and manuscripts.

Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com .

Creator Name: Xie, Bangqiao Zheng
Creator Nationality: Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
Creator Role: painter
Creator Dates/Places: 1693 - 1765
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Bangqiao Zheng Xie
Title: Bamboo and Rocks
View: front
Creation Start Date: 1750
Creation End Date: 1770
Creation Date: about 1760
Object Type: Paintings
Materials and Techniques: ink on paper
Dimensions: H.67-7/8 x W.39-1/8 in. (image)
Inscriptions: Poem, Signature, 2 Seals of the artist
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 95.54.2
Credit Line: Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html
Context:

Cheng Hsieh was born in Hsing-hua near Yang-chou. Although his family lived in genteel poverty, Cheng was a good student and passed the highest government exams in 1736. He studied and produced poetry, calligraphy and painting while ably serving as district magistrate in Shantung province. Undisciplined, outspoken and passionate about public service, Cheng resigned in frustration in 1753 and established himself as a distinctive member of the group known as the Eight Eccentrics of Yanchou. He is best known as an artist who closely integrated calligraphy with orchid and bamboo paintings.

His poem reads:

Bamboo and rock stand paired alone in harmony

The multitudes of plants and flowers are in vain

Spring, summer and autumn cannot transform them.

Only the elegant plum has greater virtue.

Wooden Bridge Cheng Hsieh

AMICA ID: MIA_.95.54.2
Component Measured: image
Measurement Unit: in
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder.