by Hou-mei Sung, Curator of East Asian Art

2/1/2022

Korean Tiger Painting , East Asian Art , Tiger and Cubs , Buddhist painting , chinese paintings , Joseon dynasty

As the king of beasts in China, the tiger is also one of the oldest and most meaningful animal subjects in Chinese painting. Here, the unidentified artist portrays a large tigress sitting under an old pine tree.

by Conservation

3/1/2018

conservation , behind the scenes , chinese paintings , Wu Zhongxiong

Our paper conservator has been working with a large donation of 20th century Chinese paintings over the past year.