Summer Trees Casting Shade: Chinese Painting at Berkeley

July 6–September 25, 2016

Summer Trees Casting Shade celebrates the breadth and depth of BAMPFA’s acclaimed Chinese painting collection with over fifty diverse works.

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  • Sun Junze: Landscape with Buildings, early 14th century; hanging scroll: ink and color on silk; 73 x 44 1/4 in.; BAMPFA, gift of Sarah Cahill, in memory of James Cahill.

  • Dai Jin: Summer Trees Casting Shade, early 15th century; hanging scroll: ink on silk; 78 x 42 1/8 in.; BAMPFA, purchase made possible through gifts from an anonymous donor, Robert Bloch, the Warren King Family, Jane Lurie, Kirsten and Terry Michelsen, and other Friends of the Asian Gallery.

  • Chen Hongshou: Scholar Instructing Girl Pupils in the Arts, early 17th century; ink and color on silk; 35 3/4 x 18 in.; BAMPFA, gift of Elizabeth Hay Bechtel, Class of 1925

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    Landscape with Buildings

    Sun Junze

    Hanging scroll: ink and color on silk
    Image: 73 x 44 1/4 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Sarah Cahill, in memory of James Cahill
    2016.4

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    A Scholar Instructing Girl Pupils in the Arts

    Chen Hongshou

    1615-1652
    ink and color on silk
    Image: 35 3/4 x 18 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Elizabeth Hay Bechtel, Class of 1925
    1967.12

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    Wind and Snow in the Fir-pines

    Guo Min

    1234-1300
    Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk
    Image: 49 1/4 x 22 3/4 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Purchase made possible by gifts from Jane Lurie and Nancy Chew, through the donations of Albert A. M. Bender, Mrs. Anson S. Blake, William E. Colby, the Estate of Sallie Frances Devine, Arthur F. Landeson and the proceeds of the 1998 Asian Art and Fumpon Sale.
    1999.24

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    Plum Tree and Ducks by a Stream

    Ma Yuan

    1201-1234
    Hanging scroll: ink and colors on silk
    Image: 31 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Purchased made possible through a gift from an anonymous donor
    2000.29

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    Sunset in an Autumn Valley: Landscape with Man in House

    Shen Shi

    1544
    Hanging scroll: ink on paper
    Image: 38 x 12 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Purchase made possible through a gift from an anonymous donor
    2002.2.3

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    Old Trees in a Landscape (in the tradition of Miu Fu (15th c.)

    Unknown (China)

    1434-1467
    Hanging scroll: ink and color on paper
    Image: 44 x 16 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Purchase made possible through a gift from an anonymous donor
    2002.2.6

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    Landscape with Figures (in the manner of Guo Xi(ca. 1000 - ca.1090))

    Unknown (China)

    1267-1367
    Hanging scroll: ink on silk
    Image: 29 5/8 x 15 1/4 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Purchase made possible through a gift from an anonymous donor
    2002.2.4

  • Painting

    Clearing Sky in Autumn over Misty Peaks

    Zhao Zuo

    1613
    ink on paper
    Image: 52 x 24 1/4 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Purchased with the aid of funds from Dr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Gordon
    1983.9

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