Join us as we examine this four-paneled screen painting by Maruyama Ōkyo, the eighteenth-century artist who made realism a part of Japanese art. We discuss how Ōkyo used negative space to depict geese taking flight and how he evoked the feeling of a chilly morning on the seashore. We also muse on the painting’s original use as a sliding door and what the rest of the room may have looked like.
Speakers: Dr. Frank Feltens, Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Japanese Art, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, and Dr. Steven Zucker, Smarthistory
Maruyama Ōkyo (1733–1795); Geese Over a Beach; Japan, 18th century; ink on paper; 176.7 × 372 cm; National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Freer Collection, Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1898.143
More information about this object:
https://asia.si.edu/explore-art-culture/collections/search/edanmdm:fsg_F1898.143/
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art: asia.si.edu
Smarthistory: smarthistory.org
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