Asian Gallery

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Hi! Here is my Asian gallery. In this gallery, you will find out some of the artworks that is very interesting from the asian artists. Hope you will enjoy my gallery!

Absolute Courage, Lee, Seungae, 2010, From the collection of: Korean Art Museum Association
I chose this painting because it was created by Seungae Lee. I like the value and transformations of the animals in this painting a lot. Generally, The mythical creatures and monsters in Korean artist Seungae Lee’s drawings twist, morph, and transform into one another while simultaneously doing battle for their life.
Between Red_053, Lee, Seahyun, 이세현, 2008, From the collection of: Korean Art Museum Association
I am interested in the blood-red mountains that Lee Seahyun used in this paintings. The artist  transported the audience to a fragmented, blood-orange land. I my opinion, his painting his paintings is infused with a sophisticated sense of nostalgia, and a wry idea of utopia.
Mindscape 49 (Blue), Latiff Mohidin, 1983, From the collection of: National Heritage Board, Singapore
Latiff Mohidin is a famous Malaysian a visual artist. His artworks worth several hundred thousand of dollars. I like this one because of its sophisticated color theme. It makes me have a very ambiguous feeling.
Trees, Artist: Master of I-nen Seal, mid 17th century, From the collection of: Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
This artwork is a great example for the idea of simple art. With ink, color and gold on paper, I think Master of I-nen Seal did a very excellent job on this painting. I really admire of his ability to illustrate the painting without all of the high-advance technology tools in the 17th century.
Landscapes, Flowers and Birds: Narcissus, Artist: Luo Ping, 1780, From the collection of: Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
Luo Ping is a famous painter during the Qing dynasty. He painted people, Buddhist images, plum with bamboo, flowers, and scenery paintings. I enjoy this painting because Luo Ping only need to use several strokes to illustrate such an beautiful painting like this.
Landscape, Xie Shichen, 1542, From the collection of: Brooklyn Museum
I enjoy landscape a lot. Especially, this painting was meticulously created by Xie Shichen  in the Ming dynasty. 
Green mountains and blue Water, Wen Jia, Ming dynasty, From the collection of: Hong Kong Museum of Art
This is old artwork from the Ming dynasty. I'm pretty impressed of how the color can be kept until today. In my opinion, this is a very nice artwork.
Ice Kachang Vendor, Chen Chong Swee, 1910 - 1985, From the collection of: National Heritage Board, Singapore
This is a very simple painting describes a Ince Kechang vendor in Singapore. I like this not only because it describes a point of view in real life, but it also gives me a nostalgic feeling about my home country.
Designs in Circular Forms, Ogata Korin, Edo period, late 17th - early 18th century, From the collection of: Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts
Basically, I like the Japanese's Art during the Edo period a lot. They are somehow very beautiful in a very simple style. The Designs in Circular Forms is the best example for this style.
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII, Kunisada, Signed: Toyokuni, 1852, From the collection of: Kunstpalast
This artwork was created by Utagawa Kunisada. He is a very successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints. In this artwork, he used colored woodblock to illustrate The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII.
Mending nets, Wu Guanzhong, 2009, From the collection of: Hong Kong Museum of Art
I really admire Wu Guanzhong, that's why I have to put this painting into my gallery. Mending Nets is a very nice painting illustrated a normal activity of the fisher men. This artworks show the reason why people acknowledged Wu Guanzhong as founder of modern Chinese painting.
Horse Mackerel (Aji) with Shrimp or Prawn, with inscription, Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1832-1833, From the collection of: Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
Utagawa Hiroshige was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist.In this artwork, I think he illustrated beautifully the fishes and the shrimp. Therefore, all of other Japanese artists recognized him as the greatest artist in the ukiyo-e tradition.
Suido Bridge and Surugadai, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Edo Meisho Hyakkei), Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857, 5th lunar month, From the collection of: Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
This picture is very unique. It not only depicts Japan in a holiday season, but it also illustrates the Japan holiday's flags in a fish shape nicely. I love the color of this picture due to its harmony.
Cuckoo flying under a full moon, Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, From the collection of: Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
I like this artwork for the detailed illustration of the Cuckoo. The artist must had invested a lot of time on creating this masterpiece.
Cranes, one of a pair, Artist: Ito Jakuchu, 1775-1790, From the collection of: Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
To me, this painting is impressive because of the color value that the artist used to depict the crane's wings. I like the perspective and several modern stylistic elements of this painting a lot.
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