![]() ![]() Ox and Herdsman - artist unkown (late C13th) (3)Īnd finally a most delightful painting of a Herd Boy and Ox in Spring by Li Keran (1907–1989). It is a hanging scroll and painted in ink on silk. 2īelow is another ancient Chinese painting of an ox - this one by an unknown artist but painted in the late C13th. ![]() #HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR 2021 FREE#This painting is the only one with oxen as its subject that are represented so vividly, making the painting one of the best animal paintings in China's art history. red artificial plum blossom, origami paper semicircle and pig symbol of 2021 on blue background, free space for text, minimalism. Most of the paintings recovered from ancient China are of flowers, birds and human figures. They are endowed with subtle human characteristics, delivering the spirit of the willingness to bear the burden of hard labor without complaints. The five oxen in varied postures and colors in the painting are drawn with thick, heavy and earthy brushstrokes. Lunar New Year 2021 or Happy New Year Lunar New Year is the most important holiday of the year for the Chinese and some of the East and Southeast Asian countries. The painting is 139.8 cm long and 20.8 cm wide. ![]() Now it is stored in the Palace Museum in Beijing. The painting was lost during the occupation of Beijing by the Eight-Nation Alliance in 1900 and later recovered from a collector in Hong Kong during the early 1950s. "Five Oxen" (above) is a painting by Han Huang (AD 723-787), a prime minister in the Tang Dynasty (618–907). Five Oxen by Han Huang (AD 723-787) (1) Detail from Five Oxen by Han Huang (AD 723-787) (2) It is the Year of the Ox so we are going to welcome in the New Year with three beautiful paintings of Oxen. Since the mid-1990s people in China have been given seven consecutive days off work during the Chinese New Year. The holiday is sometimes called the Lunar New Year because the dates of celebration follow the phases of the moon. To all my Chinese family and friends - Happy New Year. Chinese New Year occurs on Friday, February 12, 2021, in many of the countries that celebrate it. ![]()
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