
Chinese New Year
by Xu Ming
- Date:
- 1990
- Medium:
- Chinese brush painting
- Image courtesy of
- Artsy
Description
This image is not a Japanese woodblock print — it depicts Chinese village architecture (whitewashed walls, dark tiled eaves) rendered in ink/brush style, consistent with the "Chinese brush painting" medium and "Xu Ming" attribution given. Flagging this since it doesn't fit Hanga's Japanese-print catalog scope. Description based on the image and provided facts:
A cluster of whitewashed buildings with dark tiled eaves rises behind bare, golden-branched trees, with a single bird in flight near the center against pale blue-grey walls. At lower right, a small reddish-orange door bears a gold-painted character, the only strong color accent in an otherwise muted palette of cream, grey, and ochre; a red seal and vertical inscription appear at lower left. Xu Ming's 1990 brush painting *Chinese New Year* shows the village in soft, hazy washes with no human figures present.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Chinese New Year was created by Xu Ming in 1990.



