Pu Ru (Pu Xinyu)
Mountain Landscape
1948
Scroll
Pu Ru (Pu Xinyu)
Mountain Landscape
1948
Physical Qualities
Ink and color on paper, Scroll: 76 3/8 x 22 13/16 in. (194 x 58 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Kai-Yun Chiu, Baltimore, in Honor of her Parents, Chung-Wei Chiu and Shu-Tsing Chiu
Object Number
2009.160
The beautiful traditional landscape of rocks and mountains is inscribed,
"Layers and layers of creeks under rain.
Morning mists in green colors.
The springs make sound in the empty mountain
Where the monkeys play together.
Spring of 1949; painted for Mr. Yiwu for his appreciation."
[translated by Jason Kuo, June 2015]
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2009; Kai-Yun Chiu, Baltimore, by descent; Chung-Wei Chiu and Shu-tsing Chiu, Taiwan; probably from the artist
Frances Klapthor, "BMA Past/Future: Guyton/Chiu; Two Collections of Chinese Art," BMA, August 18, 2010-
Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Arrivals: Gifts of Art for a New Century," February 7-May 8, 2016.
Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Arrivals: Gifts of Art for a New Century," February 7-May 8, 2016.
Baltimore Museum of Art. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
Inscribed: Signed and dated Spring 1949 with three artist seals.
