Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010278Album of Calligraphy and Paintings
by Bian Shoumin
About the Artwork
The artist Bian Shoumin is known for his depiction of wild geese, water, and reeds. The migrant birds in autumn and winter evoked, in the minds of the Chinese intelligentsia, a time of parting and sorrow.
Provenance
?–1999: Dr. Roger Y. K. Hsu [1927–2022] and Mrs. Evangeline C. Hsu, Dr. Daphne T. Hsu, and Dr. Jeffrey T. Hsu, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1999–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Bian Shoumin (Chinese, 1684–1752)
- Date
- first half of the 1700s
- Medium
- album leaf; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 18.5 x 27.5 cm (7 5/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Roger Y. K. Hsu, Dr. Daphne T. Hsu, and Dr. Jeffrey T. Hsu in memory of Robert P. Bergman
- Accession no.
- 1999.260.l
More by Bian Shoumin in museum collections
Open-access museum record · AT-00010278
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