The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 7, 2024
Returning Peasants in a Spring Evening
early 1600s
(Chinese, active c. 1610–1640)
Overall: 24.5 x 26.7 cm (9 5/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee 1999.223
Location: not on view
Description
Although little known today, Tao Hong was a versatile artist who here depicts farmers returning home after a day in the fields. The shallow stream and dormant rice fields, the returning birds, and light sprinkles of green foliage all indicate the beginning of the farming season and hope for a good harvest. While this leaf depicts rural life, the second one,1999.224, is of a more poetic nature. A lone crane stands in a bamboo grove. By using light colors and nuanced brushwork, Tao Hong achieves an effect of natural light and luminosity.- Cleveland Museum of Art, “Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Rare Chinese Paintings, Baroque Porcelain Plaque and Other New Acquisitions Exhibited with Hanging Scrolls,” December 20, 1999, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
- Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 11-August 13, 2017).
- {{cite web|title=Returning Peasants in a Spring Evening|url=false|author=Tao Hong|year=early 1600s|access-date=07 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1999.223