Title:
Su Tung-P'o Returning to the Han-Lin Academy
Creator:
Chang Lu (Zhang Lu) (attributed)
Subject:
Chinese Paintings
Figures
Description:
t: T'ien-ch'ih
h: P'ing-shan ching-chu
Chang Lu was from K'ai-feng in Honan province and later moved to Nanking. Chang was a follower of Wu Wei, but had neither
the poor temperament nor the addictions to drink and gambling that plagued the older artist. He was a popular painter who,
like Wu, had not completed his education and so had no official status in society: thus, he frequently was subject to the
whims of high-ranking officials.
This painting depicts a well-known story about the Sung scholar, poet, and statesman Su Tung-p'o, who was banished from the
capital but who returns to the Hanlin Academy absolved and triumphant after a meeting with the empress dowager.
Publisher:
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Date:
15 - early 16 century A.D.
Type:
image
Format:
Painting
Handscroll: ink and colors on paper
China
h 12 -3/4 x w 248 inches
Identifier:
cm.68
Coverage:
China