Artist, Image, and Inscription: Exploring Meaning in Chinese Animal Paintings

WANG ZHEN (王震, 1867 – 1938)
Birds in the Style of Bada Shanren (八大山人), 1915, 
Republic Period,
Hanging scroll, ink on paper,
81 x 20 1/2 in. (205.7 x 52.1 cm), Dongguan Lou Collection.

Stiller Auditorium

Sophia Zhou, Associate Vice President, Specialist, Chinese Paintings at Christie’s, will relate works in the current installation Symbolic Messages in Chinese Animal Paintings (on view through February 4, 2024), to the broader history of this genre.

Space is limited; online registration required.

Cost: Museum Admission/Members FREE

Support for lectures was provided by the Gayle and Paul Gross Education Endowment Fund.

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