Li Bai's night revel in peach and plum garden, 1650, Chen Hongshou |
SEPTEMBER 14, 2019–MARCH 29, 2020
Weng
Family Collection of Chinese Painting: Family and Friends
In 2018, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
(MFA), received the largest and most significant gift of Chinese paintings
and calligraphy in its history: the Weng Family Collection, comprising 183
objects that were acquired by and passed down through six generations of a
single family. In September 2019, the MFA will open the first in a series
of three exhibitions celebrating the landmark donation made by Wan-go H. C.
Weng, a longtime Museum supporter and one of the most respected collectors and
connoisseurs of Chinese painting in the U.S.
Featuring approximately 20 masterpieces from
the gift, the first installation explores the theme of family and friends.
Among the highlights are works by some of the greatest masters from the Ming
(1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties, which demonstrate the close
association of painting and calligraphy with human relationships in Chinese
art. The intimate Landscape of Suzhou Sceneries (1484–1504) album
describes Shen Zhou’s travels with friends around his home region, while Nine Letters to
Home (after 1523), written by Wen Zhengming to his wife and
sons, portray an emotionality not usually seen in the artist’s more formal
works. Depicting a powerful salt merchant and art collector,Portrait of An
Qi in His Garden (1698) is a collaboration between two
friends, Wang Hui and Jiao Bingzhen, both celebrated court artists of the day.
The most recent piece in the exhibition is a handscroll painted by Wan-go H. C.
Weng himself, Elegant Gathering at the Laixiju Studio (1990). The
contemporary work commemorates a momentous gathering of friends—including six
of the world’s most respected historians of Chinese paintings—held at the
collector’s home in 1985.
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